Map of Crystal Palace Park (1854)

Title: Map of Crystal Palace Park showing the location of the extinct animals restored by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-1894).

Description: From a guide book written by Richard Owen about the newly unveiled geological attraction at Crystal Palace Park. Although she is not referenced, a number of the extinct creatures reconstructed by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins were found by the fossil collector Mary Anning (1799-1847) in Lyme Regis.

From: Owen, R. ‘Geology and inhabitants of the ancient world’, Crystal Palace Library and Bradbury & Evans: London (1854).

Date: 1854

Format: Lithograph

Image reference: 27-11

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

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