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Sir John Richardson (1787-1865): Fish illustrations arranged systematically
Catalogue reference: PRN1
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- PRN1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Sir John Richardson (1787-1865): Fish illustrations arranged systematically
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1820-1850s
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sir John Richardson FRS spent most of his life in the Naval Medical Service. A noted naturalist, he served on Sir John Franklin's arctic expeditions
Original illustrations and plates, some mounted, many loose, with annotations, several bearing indications that they were mailed to John Richardson. Includes a letter from William Yarrell to Richardson (1833) discussing fish. No indication of how the material came into the possession of the MBA, though a note on the wrapping states that the volume was found in the Fisheries Store in 1959.
Used by Sir John Richardson in preparing the 3rd edition of William Yarrell's "A History of British fishes" (1859).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Richardson, Sir John (1787-1865)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- Large hardback album (fragile)
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Access by appointment with MBA Library
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/3cffc561-6a33-4255-9397-5a1be73bec47/
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Sir John Richardson (1787-1865): Fish illustrations arranged systematically