Coyote
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 coyote Canis latransalis. Side view of the mammal, shown in a natural landscape, with a second specimen behind.
Plate 4 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 4’. Inscribed below: ‘CANIS LATRANS. T.Landseer. Published by John Murray, January 1829’.
Accompanying text characterises this creature as the ‘The Prairie Wolf’, stating that there are two specimens in the Museum of the Zoological Society of 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 4 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 4’. Inscribed below: ‘CANIS LATRANS. T.Landseer. Published by John Murray, January 1829’.
Accompanying text characterises this creature as the ‘The Prairie Wolf’, stating that there are two specimens in the Museum of the Zoological Society of 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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