Diagram of the geological restorations at Crystal Palace

Title: ‘Diagram of the geological restorations at Crystal Palace’

Creator: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-1894).

Description: Diagram of dinosaurs and other extinct creatures reconstructed by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins to Crystal Palace Park which opened in 1854. A number of the reconstructed creatures were discovered by the fossil collector Mary Anning (1799-1847) in Lyme Regis.

From: Waterhouse Hawkins, B, “On visual education as applied to geology”, reprinted from the Journal of the Society of Arts no.78, (1854).

Date: 1854

Format: Lithograph

Image reference: 27-12

Recommended print size: Up to 16 x 12 inches (40 x 30cm)

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