Axolotl
Date
1840
Creator
Charles-Hippolyte de Paravey (1787 - 1871, French) , Engineer
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Dimensions
height (drawing): 135mm
width (drawing): 99mm
width (drawing): 99mm
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Description
Sketch of an axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), the amphibian native to Mexico.
Illustration from a paper under the general title “Diverses Salamandres gigantesques” by C-H de Paravey. Not published in the Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions.
Figure traced from a plate in Alexander von Humboldt’s works. Inscribed above: “Dessin Europeen de laxolotl du mexique...” and “Planche no.IV Humboldt, Zoologie T.I, pl.12”.
Charles-Hippolyte de Paravey (1787-1871) was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Illustration from a paper under the general title “Diverses Salamandres gigantesques” by C-H de Paravey. Not published in the Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions.
Figure traced from a plate in Alexander von Humboldt’s works. Inscribed above: “Dessin Europeen de laxolotl du mexique...” and “Planche no.IV Humboldt, Zoologie T.I, pl.12”.
Charles-Hippolyte de Paravey (1787-1871) was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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