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Mary Elizabeth (née Horner), Lady Lyell NPG x46569

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Horatio Nelson King

Lyell's contributions as a conchologist and geologist were overlooked in her own lifetime, but the impact on her husband, Charles Lyell and his research, has been reassessed and is acknowledged today. In 1854, she undertook extensive research into land snails on the Canary Islands. The approach of her work has drawn comparisons with Charles Darwin's research into natural selection on the Galapagos Islands and she is known to have sourced barnacles for Darwin's research. Lyell accompanied her husband on research trips, cataloguing specimens,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.