Woolly mammoth
Date
1866
Object type
Library reference
Tracts 513/13
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 155mm
width (print): 215mm
width (print): 215mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Reconstruction of a woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius (here termed Elephas primigenius) drawn from a specimen found in the Siberian permafrost. A side view of the extinct animal.
From the monograph Mittheilungen über die naturgesschichte des mammoth oder mamont (Elephas primigenius) by J.F, Brandt (St Petersburg, 1866).
The print is inscribed below: ‘ELEPHAS primigenius Blumenb.’ The plate appears to have been trimmed.
The Russian zoologist Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (1815-1894) discovered mammoth remains while travelling in the Taymyr peninsula on an expedition for the St Petersburg Academy of Science in 1843-1845.
Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802-1879) German naturalist working in Russia.
From the monograph Mittheilungen über die naturgesschichte des mammoth oder mamont (Elephas primigenius) by J.F, Brandt (St Petersburg, 1866).
The print is inscribed below: ‘ELEPHAS primigenius Blumenb.’ The plate appears to have been trimmed.
The Russian zoologist Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (1815-1894) discovered mammoth remains while travelling in the Taymyr peninsula on an expedition for the St Petersburg Academy of Science in 1843-1845.
Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802-1879) German naturalist working in Russia.
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