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Photograph (Cyanotype) of a Fossil, by Washington Teasdale, Probably 1880s

Inventory Number 99707


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.99707

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Executors of G. H. Gabb in 1949. From the collection of Richard Inwards.
Physical material
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 72mm Width: 97mm
Inventory No
99707
Accession Number
1949-10

Description

Cyanotype (blueprint) positive. A composite limestone fossil (a stone with many embedded shells etc.). The scale within the image (a six-inch ruler) bears Teasdale's masonic monogram and motto 'Spero Meliora'. Companion of 84273 and 91609.

For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives.