1797 1875 Collection

Awful changes cartoon
Satirical lithograph cartoon by Henry T De la Beche c.1830, depicting Charles Lyell (centre) as Professor Ichthyosaurus

Awful changes cartoon
Satirical pen and ink cartoon by Henry T De la Beche c.1830, depicting Charles Lyell (centre) as Professor Ichthyosaurus

Fossil shells of the Miocene Tertiary Period
Plate II from Principles of Geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earths surface. Vol. 3 1832-33 by Charles Lyell (1797-1875)

Fossil shells of the Eocene Tertiary Period
Plate III from Principles of Geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earths surface. Vol. 3 1832-33 by Charles Lyell (1797-1875)

Junction of granite and limestone
Fig 88 from Principles of Geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earths surface. Vol. 3 1832-33 by Charles Lyell (1797-1875)

Bove Valley, nr Mount Etna, Sicily
Plate from Principles of Geology (1830-33) Vol. II, by C. Lyell, illustrating the Bove Valley, near Mount Etna, Sicily

Mollusc specimen drawer
The shells in this specimen drawer were collected by Charles Darwin from various localities during the voyage of the HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836

Sir Charles Lyell, Bart. F. R. S. (1797-1875)
Sir Charles Lyell, a Scottish lawyer, geologist, and populariser of uniformitarianism. Photographed by Maull & Polyblank, Photographers. Ca 1854

Temple of Jupiter Serapis near Naples. This comprises the frontispiece from Principles of Geology Vol. 1, 1830 by Charles Lyell

Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
Portrait of Sir Charles Lyell, a Scottish born lawyer turned geologist, and author of The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man (1863). Knighted in 1848

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