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Lyell Collection

Background imageLyell Collection: Awful changes cartoon

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

Background imageLyell Collection: Awful changes cartoon

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

Background imageLyell Collection: Mount Lyell Copper Mine, Tasmania - Victorian period

Mount Lyell Copper Mine, Tasmania - Victorian period

Background imageLyell Collection: Sir Charles Lyell

Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875) geologist

Background imageLyell Collection: Fossil shells of the Miocene Tertiary Period

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)

Background imageLyell Collection: Charles Lyell (1797-1875). Engraving. Colored

Charles Lyell (1797-1875). Engraving. Colored
Charles Lyell (1797-1875). British lawyer and geologist. Engraving. Universal History, 19th century. Colored

Background imageLyell Collection: LADY LYELL

LADY LYELL wife of sir Charles Lyell, geologist Date: 19TH CENTURY

Background imageLyell Collection: Fossil shells of the Eocene Tertiary Period

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)

Background imageLyell Collection: Junction of granite and limestone

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)

Background imageLyell Collection: Bove Valley, nr Mount Etna, Sicily

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

Background imageLyell Collection: Mollusc specimen drawer

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

Background imageLyell Collection: Sir Charles Lyell, Bart. F. R. S. (1797-1875)

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

Background imageLyell Collection: Temple of Jupiter Serapis near Naples

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

Background imageLyell Collection: Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875)

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

Background imageLyell Collection: LYELL (1797 - 1875)

LYELL (1797 - 1875)
sir CHARLES LYELL geologist


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