California sea lion
Date
1884
Creator
Joseph Smit (1836 - 1929, Dutch) , Illustrator
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Dimensions
height (print): 251mm
width (print): 154mm
width (print): 154mm
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Description
Zoological study of the California sea lion Zalophus californianus (here styled Otaria gillespii). A male, female and juvenile are shown on a rocky coastline.
Plate 9 in The collected scientific papers of the late William Alexander Forbes, edited by F.E. Beddard (London, R.H. Porter, 1885). Originally published as ‘Notes on the external characters and anatomy of the Californian sea-lion (Otaria gillespii)’, Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 1882, pp.225-231.
Inscribed with the signature ‘J.Smit’ on the plate. Inscribed above ‘Pl. IX. TRANS. ZOOL. SOC. VOL.XI Pl.48.’ Inscribed below: ‘J.Smit lith. Hanhart imp. OTARIO GILLESPII.’
William Alexander Forbes (1855-1883) British zoologist travelled to Brazil, and West Africa where he died.
Plate 9 in The collected scientific papers of the late William Alexander Forbes, edited by F.E. Beddard (London, R.H. Porter, 1885). Originally published as ‘Notes on the external characters and anatomy of the Californian sea-lion (Otaria gillespii)’, Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 1882, pp.225-231.
Inscribed with the signature ‘J.Smit’ on the plate. Inscribed above ‘Pl. IX. TRANS. ZOOL. SOC. VOL.XI Pl.48.’ Inscribed below: ‘J.Smit lith. Hanhart imp. OTARIO GILLESPII.’
William Alexander Forbes (1855-1883) British zoologist travelled to Brazil, and West Africa where he died.
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