Invertebrates preserved in amber
Date
1819
Creator
Friedrich Guimpel (1774 - 1839, German) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
R62980
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 252mm
width (print): 200mm
width (print): 200mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Studies of a spider, scorpion, ant and an unidentified insects trapped and preserved in amber. With larger views of each creature and anatomical details and a specimen of plant remains.
Plate 8 from the monograph Anatomische-physiologische untersuchungen uber corallen; nebst einem anhange, bemerkungen uber den bernstein enthaltend, by August Friedrich Schweigger (Berlin, 1819).
The plate is signed lower right: “F,Guimpel ad nat. pinx. et. Sc.” and inscribed above “Taf.VIII.”
Plate 8 from the monograph Anatomische-physiologische untersuchungen uber corallen; nebst einem anhange, bemerkungen uber den bernstein enthaltend, by August Friedrich Schweigger (Berlin, 1819).
The plate is signed lower right: “F,Guimpel ad nat. pinx. et. Sc.” and inscribed above “Taf.VIII.”
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