Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10238
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Two specimens of the Bird-of-Paradise
Date
1721
Creator
T. Cole (British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
29715
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 264mm
width (print): 213mm
width (print): 213mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological studies of two dried specimens of the Bird-of-paradise. Figures 1-2 [left and right] “The Bird of Paradise in two Views; taken from the Royal Society.” Figure 3 “A Bird of Paradise from Amboina; drawn from Dr. Ruysch’s cabinet at Amsterdam.” [Ambon in the Moluka Islands, Indonesia].
Plate 12 from the book A philosophical account of the works of nature, by Richard Bradley (London, 1721). The figures are represented as being on a single piece of paper pinned to the darkened background of the plate. Inscribed “Plate XII. T.Cole sculp.“
Richard Bradley (1688-1732) English botanist and writer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712. Figures1-2 on this plate is a specimen from the Royal Society’s Repository.
Plate 12 from the book A philosophical account of the works of nature, by Richard Bradley (London, 1721). The figures are represented as being on a single piece of paper pinned to the darkened background of the plate. Inscribed “Plate XII. T.Cole sculp.“
Richard Bradley (1688-1732) English botanist and writer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712. Figures1-2 on this plate is a specimen from the Royal Society’s Repository.
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