Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9868
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‘Le Vaneau, gris de fer’ [Curlew sandpiper]
Date
1772
After
Peter Ascanius (1723 - 1803, Norwegian) , Zoologist
Object type
Library reference
25444
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height (print): 194mm
width (print): 272mm
width (print): 272mm
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Description
Ornithological study showing a side view of the Curlew sandpiper (here described as Tringa ferruginea, modern taxonomy Calidris ferruginea), shown standing on a small grassy rock surrounded by water. Plate 9 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. IX.”
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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