Harp seal
Date
1823
Creator
Friedrich Eduard Müller (1812 - 1885, 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 a juvenile male Harp seal Pagophilus groenlandicus (here styled Phoca groenlandica). Side view, presented on an ice floe.
Plate 16 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.XVI.’ Inscribed below: ‘Auct. ad nat. del. Isl. Fr. Ed. Müller sc. Leipzig 1823. Phoca Groenlandica, Fabr: Mas biennis.’
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 16 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.XVI.’ Inscribed below: ‘Auct. ad nat. del. Isl. Fr. Ed. Müller sc. Leipzig 1823. Phoca Groenlandica, Fabr: Mas biennis.’
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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