Eastern Atlantic Harbour seal
Date
1823
Creator
Johann Friedrich Schröter (1770 - 1836, German) , Engraver
After
Friedrich August Ludwig Thienemann (1793 - 1858, German) , Physician
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 222mm
width (print): 280mm
width (print): 280mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of an adult male, possibly the Eastern Atlantic Harbour seal Phoca vitulina vitulina (here styled Phoca litttorea). Side view, presented on a rocky outcrop above waves.
Plate 6 from the book Reise im Norden Europa's vorzuglich in Island in den Jahren 1820 bis 1821 angestellt, by F.A.L Thienemann and G.B. Gunther, 2 vols., (Leipzig, 1824).
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.VI.’ Inscribed below: ‘Auct. ad nat. del. Isl. J.F.
Schröter sc. Phoca littorea, Th. Mas adultus.’
Friedrich August Ludwig Thienemann (1793-1858) German physician and ornithologist embarked on a tour of Norway and Iceland with Gustav Biedermann Günther (1801-1866) German surgeon, during the years 1819-1820.
Plate 6 from the book Reise im Norden Europa's vorzuglich in Island in den Jahren 1820 bis 1821 angestellt, by F.A.L Thienemann and G.B. Gunther, 2 vols., (Leipzig, 1824).
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.VI.’ Inscribed below: ‘Auct. ad nat. del. Isl. J.F.
Schröter sc. Phoca littorea, Th. Mas adultus.’
Friedrich August Ludwig Thienemann (1793-1858) German physician and ornithologist embarked on a tour of Norway and Iceland with Gustav Biedermann Günther (1801-1866) German surgeon, during the years 1819-1820.
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