Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813-1903

Scope and Contents Notebook 181 starts on 4 January 1853 and the final date listed is March 14 (p. 102). Lyell is based in London. He attends the Annual General Meeting of the Geological Society, and the notebook primarily contains notes on the topics presented, with perhaps a focus on Forbes Lectures, all on which are written on the left hand pages of the notebook. The right hand pages are then used for notes in pen, noting meetings, addresses and details. ...

Scope and Contents This red notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s notes and travels from August 1854 to January 1855 whilst in Southern England after his return from Maderia. Lyell is in London, Liverpool, Mildenhall, Icklingham, and at Maidenhead on the way to Bowood. Key individuals in this notebook include Pedro Maffiote (geologist), Roderick Murchison (geologist), Edward Forbes (naturalist), Andrew Ramsay (geologist), Alcide d'Orbigny (naturalist), Georg Hartung (geologist), Charles Darwin...

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The Inundation at Inverness - from a Sketch by a Correspondent. Wood engraving with letterpress. 10 February 1849. Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813-1903, Engraver; Illustrated London News, Publisher.

Published in: Illustrated London News, 10 February 1849.

Note: Letterpress clipping from this issue of ILN attached.

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Tranent Churchyard. Wood engraving. 1842. Paton, Peter, Artist; Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813-1903, Engraver; Cadell, Robert, 1788-1849, Publisher.

Published in: Walter Scott, Waverley Novels (Abbotsford Edition), vol. 1 (1842), Waverley, p.250.

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