SOWERBY, Charlotte (1820-1865)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 378 GSL LDGSL/542 |
Held at | : Geological Society of London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/archives › |
Full 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 & 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.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 1985; Aug 2012
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