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Slow worm and glass lizard
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Title:
Slow worm and glass lizard
Caption:
Slow worm, orvet commun, Anguis fragilis, and Eastern glass lizard, ophisaure ventral, Ophisaurus ventralis. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles" 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Plee, directed by 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.
Credit:
Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
3718 x 6229 px | 66.3 MB
Print size:
31.5 x 52.7 cm | 12.4 x 20.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1780~1845 • 1816-1830 • ANGUIS • ARTIST • ARTISTE • CIENCIA • CLOQUET • COMMUN • COPPERPLATE • DÈS • DICTIONNAIRE • DIRECTED • EASTERN • EMPRESS • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • F. G. • FEDRA • FISH • FRAGILIS • GABRIEL • GLASS • HANDCOLOURED • HERPETOLOGY • HIPPOLYTE • HIPPOLYTOS AND PHAEDRA • HIPPOLYTUS • HISTORIAN (MALE) • HISTORIAN • ICHTHYOLOGY • J. G. • JEAN • JOSEPHINE • JUSSIEU • LEVRAULT • LIZARD • NATURAL • NATURELLES • OPHISAURE • OPHISAURUS • ORVET • PAINTER • PHAEDRA AND HIPPOLYTOS • PHAEDRA • PLEE • PRETRE • PRINT • PUBLISHED • REPTIL • REPTILE • REPTILES • SCIENCE • SLOW • STIPPLE • TURPIN • VENTRAL • VENTRALIS • WORM • ZOO • ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
