Northwestern American wolf
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 wolf Canis lupus occidentalis, here in a variety styled the Dusky wolf, Lupus nubilus. This is considered to be the now extinct subspecies known as the Great Plains wolf Canis lupus nubilus. Side view of the wolf, shown hunting small mammals.
Plate 3 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 3’. Inscribed below: ‘CANIS LUPUS VAR. NUBILUS. Thomas Landseer. Published by John Murray, January 1829’.
Accompanying text states that: ‘The Dusky Wolf, figured in this work, was killed at Fort Resolution on Great Slave Lake, in latitude 61 degrees, and is now preserved in the Museum of the Zoological Society.’
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 3 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 3’. Inscribed below: ‘CANIS LUPUS VAR. NUBILUS. Thomas Landseer. Published by John Murray, January 1829’.
Accompanying text states that: ‘The Dusky Wolf, figured in this work, was killed at Fort Resolution on Great Slave Lake, in latitude 61 degrees, and is now preserved in the Museum of the Zoological Society.’
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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