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Image number: RS.9924
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‘Arctomys caligata’ [Hoary marmot]
Date
1829
Creator
C.E. Weber, 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 Hoary marmot (Marmota caligata), native to the north-west of North America.
Plate 6 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 “2/5 E. Bommer del. C E Weber sculp. Arctomys caligata”
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 6 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 “2/5 E. Bommer del. C E Weber sculp. Arctomys caligata”
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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