Description
Plate 16 from the paper "Account of an assemblage of fossil teeth and bones of elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, bear, tiger, and hyaena, and sixteen other animals; discovered in a cave at Kirkdale, Yorkshire, in the year 1821: with a comparative view of five similar caverns in various parts of England, and others on the Continent.", by William Buckland, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.112 (1822), pp.171-236. Several artworks and captions pasted onto one backing sheet. Contains: a view of the entrance to Kirkdale Cave, with the pencil inscription "a slight etching will do" (figure 1); a line-drawn section through the cave, apparently pasted over an original ink wash illustration (figure 2); and a plan of the cave extended and with a pasted-on caption commencing "Plan of the Cave drawn and measured by W.Salmond Esq". The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso.
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Location
Kirkdale Cave, Cleveland, England
Country
England
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