North American badger
Date
1828
Creator
Thomas Landseer (1793 - 1880, British) , Printmaker
Object type
Library reference
RCNR60842
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 269mm
width (print): 269mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of an American badger Taxidea taxus (here styled Meles labradoria). Side view of the mammal, which is shown in a natural landscape at the entrance to a burrow.
Plate 2 from the book Fauna boreali-americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America, by John Richardson (London, John Murray, 1829).
The plate is inscribed above ‘PLATE 2’. Inscribed below: ‘MELES LABRADORIA Thomas Landseer. Published by John Murray, January 1829’.
Accompanying text states that a specimen existed in the Zoological Society’s Museum in London.
Sir John Richardson (1787-1865) physician, naturalist, and Arctic explorer was a member of Sir John Franklin’s British Naval Exploring Expedition (also known as the Second Arctic Land Expedition) 1825-1827. Richardson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
Plate 2 from the book Fauna boreali-americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America, by John Richardson (London, John Murray, 1829).
The plate is inscribed above ‘PLATE 2’. Inscribed below: ‘MELES LABRADORIA Thomas Landseer. Published by John Murray, January 1829’.
Accompanying text states that a specimen existed in the Zoological Society’s Museum in London.
Sir John Richardson (1787-1865) physician, naturalist, and Arctic explorer was a member of Sir John Franklin’s British Naval Exploring Expedition (also known as the Second Arctic Land Expedition) 1825-1827. Richardson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
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