Drawings Prehistoric animal bone from Wrenbury, Cheshire
Object number
LDSAL2020.38.217
Production date
1803
Material
Paper
Pencil
Pen
Ink
Pencil
Pen
Ink
Technique
Drawing
Writing (Processes)
Handwriting
Writing (Processes)
Handwriting
Dimensions
Height: 273mm
Width: 340mm
Width: 340mm
Inscriptions
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Sketch of a Bone found in a Meadow (Oct. 1803) near the Village of Wrenbury by the Workmen when digging the Ellesmere Canal; it lay about 5 Feet below the Surface in the side of the Canal...
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In a different handwriting, the truth of the information contained in the letter is vouched for by Joseph Fenna, who gives as his referees Sir J Sinclair and A Young of the Board of Agriculture.
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Read S.A.L. Nov. 10th. 1803.
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Chester
The item is a letter which includes a drawing of an animal bone. The letter itself gives details of the bone's discovery.