‘Semipalmated goose with the trachea’
Date
1802
Creator
John Latham (1740 - 1837, British) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
48050
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 242mm
width (print): 180mm
width (print): 180mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of the Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) a waterbird native to Australia. Shown on open ground. With an inset anatomical detail of the bird’s trachea.
Plate 139 from the Supplement. II. to the general synopsis of birds, by John Latham (London, Leigh, Sotheby & Son, 1802). The plate is inscribed above ‘Pl. CXXXIX’; and below ‘Semipalmated Goose with the Trachea. Publish’d as the Act directs May 30, 1801, by Leigh, Sotheby & Son, York Street, Covent Garden.’ The initial ‘L’ appears on the plate.
In the associated description, the author states: ‘For the drawing of the bird, we are indebted to our friend Mr. Lambert, and for the trachea, to Mr. Heaviside, in whose Museum…may be seen well-preserved specimens of this organ. Inhabits New Holland, being found in flocks near the Hawksbury River, and called the New South Wales Goose.’
John Latham (1740-1837) British surgeon and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1775.
Plate 139 from the Supplement. II. to the general synopsis of birds, by John Latham (London, Leigh, Sotheby & Son, 1802). The plate is inscribed above ‘Pl. CXXXIX’; and below ‘Semipalmated Goose with the Trachea. Publish’d as the Act directs May 30, 1801, by Leigh, Sotheby & Son, York Street, Covent Garden.’ The initial ‘L’ appears on the plate.
In the associated description, the author states: ‘For the drawing of the bird, we are indebted to our friend Mr. Lambert, and for the trachea, to Mr. Heaviside, in whose Museum…may be seen well-preserved specimens of this organ. Inhabits New Holland, being found in flocks near the Hawksbury River, and called the New South Wales Goose.’
John Latham (1740-1837) British surgeon and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1775.
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