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'A Sawrian', 1836. Artist: John Scott

'A Sawrian', 1836. Artist: John Scott

1-156-133 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

'A Sawrian', 1836. Cartoon on Gideon Mantell (1790-1852) the English geologist who discovered a saurian, the Iguanodon, near Cuckfield, Sussex, in 1820, and deduced from the teeth that it was a herbivore, not a carnivore like previously discovered dinosaurs. From Comic Annual by Thomas Hood. (London, 1836).

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People Information

Creator
  1. John Scott, attributed to: British: Artist
Subject
  1. Gideon Algernon Mantell: British: Surgeon, geologist
Medium
  1. Woodcut
Picture Type
  1. Caricature
  2. Satire
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Science & Nature Discovery & Exploration

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2862x3657
File Size : 30,664kb

Aliases

  1. 007302
  1. 007302
  1. 0460001766
  1. 1-156-133
  1. 1156133
  1. 1766
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