Snowy owls
Date
1837
Creator
Edward Lear (1812 - 1888, British) , Artist
Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789 - 1850, British) , Lithographer
Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789 - 1850, British) , Lithographer
Object type
Library reference
41611
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 560mm
width (page): 370mm
width (page): 370mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of two snowy owls, Bubo scandiacus, one male [right] and one female [left], shown perched on a branch, above a woodland scene.
Inscribed below: 'E. Lear del
SNOWY OWL
Strix Nyctea: (Linn)
Surnia Nyctea: (Dum)
Printed by C Hullmandel'
Plate from volume I of John Gould's The Birds of Europe (1837).
John Gould (1804-1881), British ornithologist and publisher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1843.
Edward Lear (1812–1888), British landscape painter and writer, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Inscribed below: 'E. Lear del
SNOWY OWL
Strix Nyctea: (Linn)
Surnia Nyctea: (Dum)
Printed by C Hullmandel'
Plate from volume I of John Gould's The Birds of Europe (1837).
John Gould (1804-1881), British ornithologist and publisher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1843.
Edward Lear (1812–1888), British landscape painter and writer, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Related fellows
John Gould (1804 - 1881, British) , Ornithologist
Associated place
Credit
©The Royal Society
Image number
RS.18847