Ibex
Date
1802
Creator
Wilson Lowry (1762 - 1824, British) , Engraver
After
Jacob Pierre Berthoud van Berchem (1763 - 1832, Dutch-Swiss) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 128mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of an Alpine ibex Capra ibex, the wild goat native to the European Alps.
The author of the accompanying article states that: ‘Having learned from M. de Watteville, governor of l’Aigle in the Pays de Vaud, had in his possession a live young goat, I eagerly embraced that opportunity, and undertook a journey to l’Aigle to describe and make a drawing of it (See plate V)’ [e.g. plate 6].
Plate 6, illustrating the paper: ‘Description and natural history of the wild goat of the Alps. By M. Berthout van Berchem jun.’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.12 (1802) pp.153-160 and pp.247-258.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.VI. Vol. XII.’ Inscribed below: ‘The Ibex, or Alpine Wild Goat. 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: ‘Having learned from M. de Watteville, governor of l’Aigle in the Pays de Vaud, had in his possession a live young goat, I eagerly embraced that opportunity, and undertook a journey to l’Aigle to describe and make a drawing of it (See plate V)’ [e.g. plate 6].
Plate 6, illustrating the paper: ‘Description and natural history of the wild goat of the Alps. By M. Berthout van Berchem jun.’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.12 (1802) pp.153-160 and pp.247-258.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.VI. Vol. XII.’ Inscribed below: ‘The Ibex, or Alpine Wild Goat. Lowry sculp.’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
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