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Date: 1825
Format: Sketch
Description: Although it was not taken up as the Geological Society of London's official seal, De la Beche evidently liked the design enough to make a full print of it.
Some people say that the figure looks like Mary Anning (e.g. Strange Science [strangescience.net]), but without evidence this just seems like wishful thinking. Others claim that the figure in the full print is the Charlotte Murchison, the wife of Roderick Murchison. I have not found substantiation for that claim either.
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Sources & further discussion:
Boylan, P. J. (2009). The Geological Society and its official recognition, 1824–1828. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 317(1), 319-330. Link [sp.lyellcollection.org]
"Henry De la Beche" on Strange Science [strangescience.net]
Image yoinked from:
Boylan, P. J. (2009). The Geological Society and its official recognition, 1824–1828. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 317(1), 319-330. Link [sp.lyellcollection.org]
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