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Image number: RS.9919
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‘Ovis nivicola’ [Snow sheep]
Date
1829
Creator
J. Gumpel junior, Engraver
After
E. Bommer, Artist
Object type
Library reference
38407
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 229mm
width (print): 375mm
width (print): 375mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of the Snow sheep, or Siberian big horn sheep (Ovis nivicola), native to the uplands of north-eastern Siberia.
Plate 1 from the book Zoologischer Atlas, enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten wahrend des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt..., by Friedrich Eschscholtz (Berlin, 1829). Inscribed “E. Bomer del. J.Gumpel jun. Sc. Ovis nivicola.”
Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz (1793-1831) Livonian physician, botanist and zoologist, was naturalist aboard two expeditions led by Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846). The Rurik expedition 1815-1818 and the Predpriaetie 1823-1826 both circumnavigated the world and collected scientific specimens. These are from the second expedition.
Plate 1 from the book Zoologischer Atlas, enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten wahrend des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt..., by Friedrich Eschscholtz (Berlin, 1829). Inscribed “E. Bomer del. J.Gumpel jun. Sc. Ovis nivicola.”
Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz (1793-1831) Livonian physician, botanist and zoologist, was naturalist aboard two expeditions led by Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846). The Rurik expedition 1815-1818 and the Predpriaetie 1823-1826 both circumnavigated the world and collected scientific specimens. These are from the second expedition.
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