Rainforest scops owl
Date
1844
Creator
Rebuffet (French) , Printmaker
After
Pierre Oudart (French) , Artist
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 299mm
width (print): 227mm
width (print): 227mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of the Rainforest, or Madagascar scops owl (also classified as the Torotoroka scops owl) Scops rutilus. The nocturnal bird is shown in profile, posed on a rock. It is native to Madagascar.
Plate 22 accompanying the paper ‘Considérations générales sur les oiseaux de proie nocturnes…’, by Jacques Pucheran, Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.4 (Paris, 1844) pp.313-343.
Inscribed above: ‘Archives du Muséum. Tome IV Pl. XXII’. Inscribed below: ‘SCOPS RUTILUS, Puch. Oudart pinx. Rebuffet sculp.’
Jacques Pucheran (1817-1895) French zoologist.
Plate 22 accompanying the paper ‘Considérations générales sur les oiseaux de proie nocturnes…’, by Jacques Pucheran, Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.4 (Paris, 1844) pp.313-343.
Inscribed above: ‘Archives du Muséum. Tome IV Pl. XXII’. Inscribed below: ‘SCOPS RUTILUS, Puch. Oudart pinx. Rebuffet sculp.’
Jacques Pucheran (1817-1895) French zoologist.
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