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Photograph (Cyanotype) of the Draughton Anticlinal Fold in Yorkshire, by Washington Teasdale, Probably 1880s

Inventory Number 17898


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Executors of G. H. Gabb in 1949. From the collection of Richard Inwards.
Primary inscriptions
Inscribed on back: 'The Draughton - (nr. Ilkley Yorks) Anticlinal See Green's Geology for Wood's Sketch of it'.
Physical material
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 74mm Width: 97mm
Inventory No
17898
Accession Number
1949-10

Description

Cyanotype (blueprint) positive. Geological features exposed in a quarry at Draughton, West Yorkshire, chiefly the tight anticlinal fold in the conspicuously bedded limestone (part of the Skipton Anticline); with several figures.

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