Hawfinch
Date
1668
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Library reference
RCN32806
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 232mm
width (print): 175mm
width (print): 175mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of the Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes (here styled Coccothraustes vulgaris), side view with inclined head, the bird shown perched against a tree truck.
Plate from Onomasticon zoicon, plerorumque animalum differentias & nomina propria…., by Walter Charleton, (London, James Allestry, 1668), pp.84/85. The plate is inscribed above: ‘Coccothraustes Vulgaris pag 85.'
Walter Charleton (1620-1707), British physician and natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1661.
Plate from Onomasticon zoicon, plerorumque animalum differentias & nomina propria…., by Walter Charleton, (London, James Allestry, 1668), pp.84/85. The plate is inscribed above: ‘Coccothraustes Vulgaris pag 85.'
Walter Charleton (1620-1707), British physician and natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1661.
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