English geologist, palaeontologist and Slave plantations owner

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Sir Henry Thomas de la Bèche. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1851.

Sir Henry Thomas de la Bèche. Mezzotint by W. Walker, 1848, after H. P. Bone.

Animals and plants of Dorset in the Liassic period. Lithograph by G. Scharf after H.T. de la Bèche.

The papers of H.T. De la Beche (1T. S96-1855) in the National Museum of Wales / by T. Sharpe & P.J. McCartney.

Henry De la Beche : observations on an observer / Paul J. McCartney ; edited with a foreword by Douglas A. Bassett.

Ichthyosaurs attending a lecture on fossilised human remains. Lithograph by Sir Henry de la Bèche, 1830, after his drawing.

Animals and plants of Dorset in the Liassic period.. Lithograph by G. Scharf after H.T. de la Bèche..

L'art d'observer en géologie / Par Henry T. de la Bêche ; Traduit de l'anglais par H. de Collegno.

A geological manual / By Henry T. De La Beche.

Manuel géologique / Traduction française revue et publiée par A.J.M. Brochant de Villiers.

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Henry De la Beche

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Images featuring Henry De la Beche

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L'art d'observer en géologie / Par Henry T. de la Bêche ; Traduit de l'anglais par H. de Collegno.

A geological manual / By Henry T. De La Beche.

Manuel géologique / Traduction française revue et publiée par A.J.M. Brochant de Villiers.

Animals and plants of Dorset in the Liassic period. Lithograph by G. Scharf after H.T. de la Bèche.

Ichthyosaurs attending a lecture on fossilised human remains. Lithograph by Sir Henry de la Bèche, 1830, after his drawing.

Henry De la Beche

Images from the collections

Images by Henry De la Beche

Images featuring Henry De la Beche

Works from the collections

L'art d'observer en géologie / Par Henry T. de la Bêche ; Traduit de l'anglais par H. de Collegno.

A geological manual / By Henry T. De La Beche.

Manuel géologique / Traduction française revue et publiée par A.J.M. Brochant de Villiers.

Animals and plants of Dorset in the Liassic period. Lithograph by G. Scharf after H.T. de la Bèche.

Ichthyosaurs attending a lecture on fossilised human remains. Lithograph by Sir Henry de la Bèche, 1830, after his drawing.

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