Dodo skull
Date
1830
Creator
Georges Cuvier (1769 - 1832, French) , Naturalist
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (print): 195mm
width (print): 157mm
width (print): 157mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Rough sketch showing three views of the skull of the Dodo Raphus cucullatus.
The drawing appears in a letter from Baron Cuvier to William Buckland, 3 August 1830. Cuvier was soliciting detailed drawings of the Dodo specimen held by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and used these sketches to indicate his preferred views of the bird’s head. Cuvier’s intention was to compare the completed drawings with new specimens obtained on the Island of Rodrigues, near Mauritius.
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832), known as Georges Cuvier, French naturalist and zoologist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1806.
The drawing appears in a letter from Baron Cuvier to William Buckland, 3 August 1830. Cuvier was soliciting detailed drawings of the Dodo specimen held by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and used these sketches to indicate his preferred views of the bird’s head. Cuvier’s intention was to compare the completed drawings with new specimens obtained on the Island of Rodrigues, near Mauritius.
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832), known as Georges Cuvier, French naturalist and zoologist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1806.
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