M0008768: Andrias scheuchzeri, fossil of an extinct species of giant salamander

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Evidence of the flood man

Reproduction of an engraving by David Reding after a drawing by David Scheuchzer of the fossil originally published in Johann Jakob Scheuzcher: Homo Diluvii Testis (1726), where it was described as the remains of a human drowned in the Biblical flood. The reproduction is from an unknown publication.

January 1943

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.