Head of the California sea lion
Date
1884
Creator
Joseph Smit (1836 - 1929, Dutch) , Illustrator
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Dimensions
height (print): 154mm
width (print): 251mm
width (print): 251mm
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Description
Zoological study of the California sea lion Zalophus californianus (here styled Otaria gillespii). The head of a male mammal, in profile.
Plate 10 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 above ‘Pl. X. TRANS. ZOOL. SOC. VOL.XI Pl.49.’ Inscribed below: ‘J.Smit lith. Hanhart imp. HEAD OF MALE OTARIO GILLESPII (one fourth the Size of Nature).’
William Alexander Forbes (1855-1883) British zoologist travelled to Brazil, and West Africa where he died.
Plate 10 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 above ‘Pl. X. TRANS. ZOOL. SOC. VOL.XI Pl.49.’ Inscribed below: ‘J.Smit lith. Hanhart imp. HEAD OF MALE OTARIO GILLESPII (one fourth the Size of Nature).’
William Alexander Forbes (1855-1883) British zoologist travelled to Brazil, and West Africa where he died.
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