Title: Reproduction of William Smith’s Table of Strata in the Vicinity of Bath

Creator: John Wesley Judd (1840-1916) after William Smith (1769-1839) & Benjamin Richardson (1758-1832)

Description: Photographic facsimile of the manuscript table listing the strata in the vicinity of Bath by William Smith, which was written to his dictation by the Reverend Benjamin Richardson in 1799.

A reconstruction of the table was commissioned by Judd for his paper “William Smith’s manuscript maps”, ‘Geological Magazine’, vol 4 (1897), pp439-447, as the originals were faded.

Date: 1799 & 1897

Format: Photograph on board

Archive reference: LDGSL/744

Image reference: 07-140

Recommended print size: Up to 20 x 16 inches (50 x 40cm)