Hoopoe
Date
1668
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Library reference
RCN32806
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 251mm
width (print): 240mm
width (print): 240mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of the Hoopoe Upupa epops, side view, shown perched on a tree stump.
Plate from Onomasticon zoicon, plerorumque animalum differentias & nomina propria…., by Walter Charleton, (London, James Allestry, 1668), pp.92/93. The plate is inscribed above: ‘Upupa. pag 93.’
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.92/93. The plate is inscribed above: ‘Upupa. pag 93.’
Walter Charleton (1620-1707), British physician and natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1661.
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