Waterfowl of Mývatn
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
Landscape showing waterfowl on part of an island at the lake of Mývatn, Iceland. The birds include ducks and gulls, some shown near nest-sites containing clutches of eggs. Some details of plant life, with a volcanic crater behind.
Plate 25 [numbered 3] 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: ‘Pag. 256.Tab.III.’ and in pencil ‘25’. Inscribed below: ‘auct. ad nat. del. Theil einer Insel im Myvatn.’
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 25 [numbered 3] 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: ‘Pag. 256.Tab.III.’ and in pencil ‘25’. Inscribed below: ‘auct. ad nat. del. Theil einer Insel im Myvatn.’
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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