Hand and foot of Verreaux’s sifaka
Date
1875
Creator
Charles Michelez (1817, French) , Photographer
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 114mm
width (print): 111mm
height (print): 117mm
width (print): 125mm
height (page): 306mm
width (page): 222mm
width (print): 111mm
height (print): 117mm
width (print): 125mm
height (page): 306mm
width (page): 222mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Studies of a hand and foot of Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi), a lemur native to Madagascar.
Plate 79 figures 1-2 from the book Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar…volume IX Histoire naturelle des mammifères, by Alphonse Milne Edwards and Alfred Grandidier (Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1875).
The plate is inscribed top: ‘Madagascar. Mammifères. Pl.79’ ; and below: ‘Michelez Phot. Imprimerie Nationale. Propithecus Verreauxii.’
Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900) French mammalologist and ornithologist.
Alfred Grandidier (1836-1921) French naturalist and explorer.
Plate 79 figures 1-2 from the book Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar…volume IX Histoire naturelle des mammifères, by Alphonse Milne Edwards and Alfred Grandidier (Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1875).
The plate is inscribed top: ‘Madagascar. Mammifères. Pl.79’ ; and below: ‘Michelez Phot. Imprimerie Nationale. Propithecus Verreauxii.’
Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900) French mammalologist and ornithologist.
Alfred Grandidier (1836-1921) French naturalist and explorer.
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