‘Hooker’s Sea Lion’
Date
c.1894
Creator - Organisation
Frederick Warne & Company, Publisher
After
Pierre Jacques Smit (1863 - 1960, Dutch) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
51310
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 165mm
width (print): 255mm
width (print): 255mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Coastal scene showing the New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) also know as Hooker’s sea lion. Three specimens of the animal native to the islands of New Zealand including Auckland and Campbell Islands.
Plate facing p.108 in the book The royal natural history edited by Richard Lydekker...vol.2 (Frederick Warne, London 1894).
Signed lower right: ‘P J Smit’. Title appears below the image: ‘HOOKER’S SEA LION’.
Richard Lydekker (1849-1915) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1894.
Plate facing p.108 in the book The royal natural history edited by Richard Lydekker...vol.2 (Frederick Warne, London 1894).
Signed lower right: ‘P J Smit’. Title appears below the image: ‘HOOKER’S SEA LION’.
Richard Lydekker (1849-1915) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1894.
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