Ibis
Date
1800
Creator
Wilson Lowry (1762 - 1824, British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 128mm
width (print): 128mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of an African sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus, a bird native to Africa.
The author of the accompanying article states that: ‘The individual in question formed part of the stadholder’s collection, but we are unacquainted with its native country. Desmoilins, who has seen two others, assures us that they were both brought from Senegal…’.
Plate 3, illustrating the paper: ‘Memoir on the Ibis of the Ancient Egyptians, by C. Cuvier, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.8, (1800-1801) pp.61-70.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.III. Vol. VIII.’ and headed ‘IBIS’. Inscribed below right: ‘Lowry sculp’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
The author of the accompanying article states that: ‘The individual in question formed part of the stadholder’s collection, but we are unacquainted with its native country. Desmoilins, who has seen two others, assures us that they were both brought from Senegal…’.
Plate 3, illustrating the paper: ‘Memoir on the Ibis of the Ancient Egyptians, by C. Cuvier, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.8, (1800-1801) pp.61-70.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.III. Vol. VIII.’ and headed ‘IBIS’. Inscribed below right: ‘Lowry sculp’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
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