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Image number: RS.10160
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Nest of the Great bustard
Date
1772
Creator
Adam Ludwig Wirsing (1734 - 1797, German) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
42210
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 395mm
width (print): 255mm
width (print): 255mm
Subject
Description
Study of a great bustard’s nest Otis tarda showing ears of grain incorporated into its construction and containing a clutch of two eggs.
Plate 43 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel...by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: “Tab.XLIII Pl.43 de l’Outarde. Truppe. A.L.Wirsing excudit Norimberg.”
Plate 43 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel...by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: “Tab.XLIII Pl.43 de l’Outarde. Truppe. A.L.Wirsing excudit Norimberg.”
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