Platypus
Date
1802
Creator
Wilson Lowry (1762 - 1824, British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 128mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of a platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus (here referred to as Ornithorynchus paradoxus), the mammal native to Australia and Tasmania
The accompanying article states that: ‘The annexed figure of this animal, given in Plate III, was delineated and engraved from a very complete preserved specimen in the possession of W.H. Pepys jun. esq.
Plate 3, illustrating the paper: ‘Short account of the Ornithorynchus Paradoxus, or Duck-billed Platypus’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.13, (1802) pp.179-181.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.III Vol.XIII’. Inscribed lower right: ‘Lowry Sculpt.’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
The accompanying article states that: ‘The annexed figure of this animal, given in Plate III, was delineated and engraved from a very complete preserved specimen in the possession of W.H. Pepys jun. esq.
Plate 3, illustrating the paper: ‘Short account of the Ornithorynchus Paradoxus, or Duck-billed Platypus’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.13, (1802) pp.179-181.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.III Vol.XIII’. Inscribed lower right: ‘Lowry Sculpt.’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
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