File:Murchison and Geikie by Merimee, 1860.png

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English: Cartoon of Roderick Murchison (left) and Archibald Geikie , by Prosper Mérimée 1860

"Deux géologues apportant à Mrs Ellice, un petit échantillon des Montagnes moutonnées découvertes en 1860, entre Glenquoich et Lochhourne."

"Two geologists bringing to Mrs. Ellice, a small sample of the rôches moutonnées discovered in 1860, between Glen Quoich and Loch Hourne."

Oldroyd says the characters are Murchison and Geikie.
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Oldroyd, David R. (1990). The Highlands controversy : constructing geological knowledge through fieldwork in nineteenth-century Britain. Chicago and London: the University of Chicago press. ISBN 0-226-62635-0. Plate 4

Source says work published 1860 and acknowledges National Library of Scotland
Author Prosper Mérimée (1803 – 1870)

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