Harp seals
Date
1823
Creator
Johann Friedrich Schröter (1770 - 1836, German) , Engraver
After
Friedrich August Ludwig Thienemann (1793 - 1858, German) , Physician
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 222mm
width (print): 280mm
width (print): 280mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Seascape showing a group of Harp seals Pagophilus groenlandicus (here styled Phoca groenlandica). The animals are shown diving, resting and swimming in the sea, with ice floes behind.
Plate 21 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.XXI.’ Inscribed below: ‘Auct. ad nat. del. Isl. J.F.
Schröter sc. Phoca Groenlandica.’
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 21 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.XXI.’ Inscribed below: ‘Auct. ad nat. del. Isl. J.F.
Schröter sc. Phoca Groenlandica.’
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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