Lyell, Lady Mary, 1808-1873 (née Horner)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1808 - 1873
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Madeira and Canaries Notebook, 2 August 1858 - 16 May 1859
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/A4/2
Scope and Contents
Small red leather soft cover notebook, marbled end papers, paginated in handwritten ink. Front cover marked as 'Madeira & Canaries'.This notebook records discussions, reading, drawings and copy letters (in Mary's writing) made whilst with Hartung at Swingenberg, Germany, and working through the Canary Islands publication, making revisions or notes, especially on volcanoes, lava slopes, elevations and upheaval. Many pages written in pencil. Blank from page 89 onwards. ...
Dates:
2 August 1858 - 16 May 1859
Madeira - Notes, Indexes, 5 November 1856 - 1857
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/A4/1
Scope and Contents
Dark green to black leather soft cover notebook with marbled end paper, paginated in handwritten ink. Identified with side label 'Mad-eira Index Manual 55' and on the front with a label 'Madeira p1-53 Notes [amended text] 1856 C.L. and on the next line, Manual [underlined] new Ed[ition] [from] p.55 Indexes'. Also contains notes on Lyell's preparation for an edition of his Manual of Elementary Geology. Summary index: This notebook does not...
Dates:
5 November 1856 - 1857
Notebook No.192, February 1854
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/192
Scope and Contents
This black notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s geological travels around Madeira with Georg Hartung, in the company of Mary Lyell, and Charles and Frances Bunbury. This notebook is from February 1854 and covers Charles Lyell’s travels around the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo with specific notes on Sao Vicente, Curral das Freiras, Pico Santo, Santo António, Pico Ruivo, Funchal, Pico Grande, Câmara de Lobos, Boqueirão, Santa Cruz, Porto Novo, Pico dos Bodes, Caminho do Pico da...
Dates:
February 1854