Père David's deer
Date
1866
Creator
J Huet (French) , Lithographer
Object type
Library reference
RCN8171
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 294mm
width (print): 225mm
width (print): 225mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of Père David's deer Elaphurus davidianus, a species native to China. The illustration shows the male (figure 1) female (figure 2) and a juvenile (figure 3). The deer became known in Western Europe from these specimens sent to Paris by Father Armand David (1826-1900) French Catholic priest, missionary and naturalist.
Plate 4 accompanying the paper ‘Note sur l’Elephurus davidianus espèce nouvelle de la famille des cerfs’, by Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Nouvelles archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.2 (Paris, 1866); Bulletin pp.27-40.
Inscribed above: ‘Nouvelles archives du Muséum. Bulletin T.2. Pl.IV.’ Inscribed below: ‘ELAPHURUS DAVIDIANUS (A. Edwards). J. Huet lith. Imp. Becquet, Paris.’
Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900) French mammalogist and ornithologist.
Plate 4 accompanying the paper ‘Note sur l’Elephurus davidianus espèce nouvelle de la famille des cerfs’, by Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Nouvelles archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.2 (Paris, 1866); Bulletin pp.27-40.
Inscribed above: ‘Nouvelles archives du Muséum. Bulletin T.2. Pl.IV.’ Inscribed below: ‘ELAPHURUS DAVIDIANUS (A. Edwards). J. Huet lith. Imp. Becquet, Paris.’
Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900) French mammalogist and ornithologist.
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