Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10563
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Skeleton of the Adzebill
Date
1879
Creator - Organisation
Easter & Wallis, Photographer
Object type
Library reference
42471
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 250mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Skeleton of an extinct bird, the North Island Adzebill, Aptornis otidiformis displayed at the Canterbury Museum, New Zealand.
Plate 9 from Geology of the provinces of Canterbury and Westland, New Zealand by Julius von Haast (Christchurch, 1879).
The plate is inscribed: ‘ph.Easter & Wallis. Printed by M.Jaffe, Vienna. Skeleton of Aptornis otidiformis Owen in the Canterbury Museum.’
Sir [Johann Franz] Julius von Haast] (1822-1887) German geologist active in New Zealand was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1867.
Plate 9 from Geology of the provinces of Canterbury and Westland, New Zealand by Julius von Haast (Christchurch, 1879).
The plate is inscribed: ‘ph.Easter & Wallis. Printed by M.Jaffe, Vienna. Skeleton of Aptornis otidiformis Owen in the Canterbury Museum.’
Sir [Johann Franz] Julius von Haast] (1822-1887) German geologist active in New Zealand was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1867.
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