Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10119
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Sailfin lizard
Date
1768
Creator
Simon Fokke (1712 - 1784, Dutch) , Draftsman
After
Gerrit Dadelbeek (1731 - 1781, Dutch) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X313
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 298mm
width (print): 505mm
width (print): 505mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of the sailfin lizard, here styled Lacerta amboinensi now Hydrosaurus amboinensis, in a natural landscape. The Amboina sailfin lizard is a reptile native to Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Plate from the monograph Brief van Johannes Albertus Schlosser...Behelzende eene naauwkeurige Beschrijving der Amboinsche haagdis (Amsterdam 1768). Inscribed: “G.Dadelbeek delineavit. S. Fokke sculpsit.”
Jan Albert Schlosser (1733-1769) Dutch physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756.
Plate from the monograph Brief van Johannes Albertus Schlosser...Behelzende eene naauwkeurige Beschrijving der Amboinsche haagdis (Amsterdam 1768). Inscribed: “G.Dadelbeek delineavit. S. Fokke sculpsit.”
Jan Albert Schlosser (1733-1769) Dutch physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756.
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