%eadnotat; ]> Paleontology Illustrations, 18--. Ewell Sale Stewart Library Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2002 EAD tagging 07/24/2002. ENG Paleontology Illustrations Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 07/24/2002Cataloging made possible by The Getty Grant Program. Coll. 281 Paleontology illustrations[. . . ] 16 items Ewell Sale Stewart Library, Academy of Natural Sciences
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Sixteen items include 3 watercolor designs, probably presentation drawings, for a Mastodon fountain, and 13 prints (lithographs, photographs, and photomechanical) of various fossil finds, including that of Mastodon giganteus in New York in 1866, and Cheirotherium in Cheshire County, England. Includes prints by or after E. S. M. Haines, A. Gardner (Alexander Gardner?) and Godfrey Bingley.

Arranged into two series:

1. Designs for a Mastodon Fountain 2. Paleontology Prints MastodonFountainsMastodon--New YorkFossil footprints--England--Cheshire CountyFossilsWatercolorsDesign drawings (Proposals)Presentation drawingsScientific illustrationsLithographsPhotomechanical printsPhotographic prints Haines, E.S.M.Bingley, GodfreyGardner, A.

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Cite as: Collection 281. Paleontology Illustrations. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

Finding aid created by Mary Hammer, 2002.

Coll. 448. Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Lithographs.

Coll. 803. Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Album Images.

Bramwell, Valerie and Peck, Robert M. All in the bones : a biography of Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins. 2008.

 1Design for a Mastodon Fountain

These three folio watercolors by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins illustrate an idea for a Mastodon fountain. Hawkins took these drawings and plans with him to Paris to see if he could interest Napoleon III in commissioning this sculpture for the Place de la Bastille. The idea was never utilized. While image size varies, the cardstock on which the designs are mounted measure 40 x 49 cm.

(1) [Mastodon fountain]. 1 drawing : watercolor and ink mounted on cardstock ; image 32 x 42 cm.

Shows a mounted Mastodon giganteus, chained to a rocky surface in a pool, with water spouting from its upturned trunk, as a design for a fountain.

(2) [Skeleton of mastodon fountain]. 1 drawing : watercolor and ink mounted on cardstock ; irreg. image 19 x 39 cm.

Lower middle includes note: "¼ inch = 1 foot".

Shows profile of the skeleton and foundation structure, with shadow of Mastodon over skeletal structure.

(3) [Foundation of mastodon fountain]. 1 drawing : watercolor and ink mounted on cardstock ; irreg. image 19 x 32 cm.

Lower middle includes note: "¼ inch = 1 foot".

Shows the plan of the water and fountain heads.

2Paleontology Prints (1) Cliffs of boulder clay, Carr Naze, Filey: weathered by rain / from a photograph by Mr. Godfrey Bingley ..., April 1895. 1 print : photomechanical, mounted on cardstock ; image 24 x 29 cm.

Photograph taken in "Leeds (taken May 4, 1894). Issued by the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society."

Accompanied by a 4 page description of the photograph, by Rev. E. Maule Cole, published by the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society.

(2) Ammonites heterophyllus / Reeve, Benham & Reeve lithogr[apher]s, n.d. 1 print : lithograph, b & w ; irreg. image 18 x 21 cm., on sheet 32 x 26 cm.

"From a specimen in the private collection of Mr. Tennant, Geologist, 149 Strand, London" -- on item.

(3-5)Numbers 3-5 omitted in original numbering scheme. (6) Footsteps of the Cheirotherium, Plate 1,n.d. 1 print : lithograph, b & w ; on sheet 44 x 61 cm.

Depicts 2 figures: "Fig 1. A Slab of New Red Sandstone, from Storeton-hill Quarry, near Bebbington, Cheshire. . . Fig. 2.; the small toe of the hind and the greater portion of the fore foot being restored from other specimens."

Lithograph based on a slab of John Tomkinson.

(7) Footsteps of the Cheirotherium, Plate 2, n.d. 1 print : lithograph, b & w ; on sheet 42 x 69 cm.

Depicts 2 figures: a slab with the "longest track of feet marks in any single specimen", and a larger copy of the print from the slab.

(8) Footsteps of the Cheirotherium, Plate 3, n.d.1 print : lithograph, b & w ; on sheet 44 x 68 cm.

Depicts 2 slabs with foot tracks.

(9) Impressions of footsteps and a fossil reed, n.d. 1 print : lithograph, b & w ; on sheet 45 x 61 cm.

Depicts 10 figures of a reed, footmarks, and claws.

(10) Fossil Fucordeae, n.d. 1 print : lithograph, b & w ; image 76 x 29 cm.

"Discovered in the New Red Sandstone, Storton hill Quarries, Cheshire by John Cunningham, F.G.S. Aug. 1841."

(11) Fossil Fucordeae, n.d. 1 print : lithograph, tinted ; image 76 x 29 cm.

Same as (10).

(12) Across the continent of the Union Pacific Railway, E. D.: Mushroom rock on Alum Creek, Kansas / A. Gardner, photographer, n.d. 1 print : photomechanical; image 33 x 48 cm., on sheet 49 x 61 cm.

Alexander Gardner?

Image of Mushroom Rock includes a male figure for scale.

(13) Rock excavation and opening of the large pot hole in which the Mastodon skeleton was found, at Cohoes N. Y., 1866 / Haines, photo, n.d. 1 print ; image 41 x 33 cm., on sheet 56 x 46 cm.

Original photograph by E.S.M. Haines.

(14) Mastodon giganteus / Haines, photo., n.d. 1 print ; image 26 x 33 cm., on sheet 36 x 42 cm.

Original photograph by E.S.M. Haines.

"Skeleton discovered at Cohoes, N. Y., in 1866;; presented to the state cabinet of natural history by Alfred Wild, esq. in the name of the Harmony Mills Company, and mounted under the direction of James Hall."

 (15) Second verteb[rae] Elephas dentata, undated. 1 print : lithograph ; irreg. image 20 x 38 cm., on sheet 38 x 56 cm.

(16) [Fossil mastodon mandible], undated. 1 photographic print : b & w ; image 25 x 32 cm.

Photograph by E.S.M. Haines.

Unknown animal.