Hare Indian dog
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 a Hare Indian dog, here styled Canis familaris, lagopus, an extinct variety of domesticated dog, native to Canada. Side view of the canine, with a second dog behind, feeding and an encampment with two armed men.
Plate 5 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 5’. Inscribed below: ‘CANIS FAMILIARIS VAR. LAGOPUS. Thos.Lr. Published by John Murray, January 1829’.
Accompanying text states that: ‘This variety of Dog is cultivated at present, so far as I know, only by the Hare Indians, and other tribes that frequents the borders of the Great Bear Lake and the banks of the Mackenzie. It is used by them solely in the chase…’
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 5 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 5’. Inscribed below: ‘CANIS FAMILIARIS VAR. LAGOPUS. Thos.Lr. Published by John Murray, January 1829’.
Accompanying text states that: ‘This variety of Dog is cultivated at present, so far as I know, only by the Hare Indians, and other tribes that frequents the borders of the Great Bear Lake and the banks of the Mackenzie. It is used by them solely in the chase…’
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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