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 Harp seal pup Pagophilus groenlandicus (here styled Phoca groenlandica). The animal is shown belly-up and apparently asleep, on an ice floe.
Plate 18 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.XVIII.’ Inscribed below: ‘Auct. ad nat. del. Isl. F.E. Müller sc. Phoca Groenlandica, Fabr: Pullus.’
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 18 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.XVIII.’ Inscribed below: ‘Auct. ad nat. del. Isl. F.E. Müller sc. Phoca Groenlandica, Fabr: Pullus.’
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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