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Image number: RS.9867
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‘Le Corbeau Blanc de Ferroe’ [Pied or White Raven]
Date
1772
After
Peter Ascanius (1723 - 1803, Norwegian) , Zoologist
Object type
Library reference
25444
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Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 209mm
width (print): 305mm
width (print): 305mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study showing a side view of the extinct sub-species variant of the Pied, or White, Raven (Corvus corax varius morpha) unique to the Faroe Isles. With inset detailed figures of the head and feet, the former apparently of a different bird. Plate 8 from the book Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enlumlinees d’histoire naturelle du Nord, by Peter Ascanius, volume 1 (Copenhagen, 1772). Inscribed upper right “Ic. Rer. Nat. Tab. VIII.”
Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755.
Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755.
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