Kiwi and Moa
Date
1863
Creator
Unknown, Printmaker
Object type
Library reference
RCN14633
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 265mm
width (print): 185mm
width (print): 185mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological studies of two New Zealand flightless birds within a natural landscape. Three specimens of the Kiwi Apteryx are shown with a reconstruction of the extinct Moa Dinornis (here styled Palapteryx)
Plate 13 from the book Neu-Seeland by Ferdinand von Hochstetter (Stuttgart, 1863).
Inscribed below: ‘Kiwi und Moa, Apteryx (lebend) und Palapteryx (ausgestorben), flügellose Vögel.’
Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand Ritter von Hochstetter (1829-1884), German geologist active in Austria and New Zealand.
Plate 13 from the book Neu-Seeland by Ferdinand von Hochstetter (Stuttgart, 1863).
Inscribed below: ‘Kiwi und Moa, Apteryx (lebend) und Palapteryx (ausgestorben), flügellose Vögel.’
Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand Ritter von Hochstetter (1829-1884), German geologist active in Austria and New Zealand.
Associated place