IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 378 GSL LDGSL/542
Held at: Geological Society of London
Title: SOWERBY, Charlotte (1820-1865)
Date(s): [1854]
Level of description: Series
Extent: 1 item
Name of creator(s): SOWERBY | Charlotte Caroline | 1820-1865 | natural history artist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Charlotte Caroline Sowerby was the eldest daughter of the conchologist, illustrator and natural history dealer George Brettingham Sowerby (1788-1854) who was, like other members of her family, a talented natural history illustrator. Her best known published work was The illustrated bouquet, consisting of figures with descriptions of new flowers, published by E G Henderson and Son, London, 1857-1864.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Watercolour drawing of a quartz crystal with asbestos inclusions, by Charlotte Caroline Sowerby, [1854].
Caption reads: 'Mineralogical phenomenon
Rock crystal with an hexahedral pyramid in the centre formed of Asbestos. This Crystal is supposed to be unique, Mr Sowerby never having seen a similar one, so extraordinarily curious and beautiful. Charlotte C Sowerby.'
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Access is by appointment only, daily readership fee is applicable unless you are a member of the Society. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to copyright and the condition of the original, may be supplied. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
Finding aids:
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to the Society by Charlotte Sowerby, 1854.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The Society holds three other drawings by Charlotte Sowerby of volcanoes of Bourbon, France, 1858-1859, made for George Poulet Scrope, see LDGSL/529/B-D.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 1985; Aug 2012