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Caption: Narwhal or narwhale, Monodon monoceros, and sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus (vulnerable). Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals," Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Miss Louviere, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century.
Credit: Album / Florilegius
Image size: 4413 × 6503 px | 82.1 MB
Print size: 37.4 × 55.1 cm | 1737.4 × 2560.2 in (300 dpi)