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"The Caffre Woman".. Woman of South Africa, nursing a baby.

"The Caffre Woman." Woman of South Africa, nursing a baby.. . Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of Natural History" 1794. The prolific Sibly published his Universal System of Natural History in 1794~1796 in five volumes covering the three natural worlds of fauna, flora and geology. The series included illustrations of mythical beasts such as the sukotyro and the mermaid, and depicted sloths sitting on the ground (instead of hanging from trees) and a domesticated female orang utan wearing a bandana. The engravings were by J. Pass, J. Chapman and Barlow copied from original drawings by famous natural history artists George Edwards, Albertus Seba, Maria Sybilla Merian, and Johann Ihle.
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"The Caffre Woman".. Woman of South Africa, nursing a baby.
"The Caffre Woman." Woman of South Africa, nursing a baby.. . Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of Natural History" 1794. The prolific Sibly published his Universal System of Natural History in 1794~1796 in five volumes covering the three natural worlds of fauna, flora and geology. The series included illustrations of mythical beasts such as the sukotyro and the mermaid, and depicted sloths sitting on the ground (instead of hanging from trees) and a domesticated female orang utan wearing a bandana. The engravings were by J. Pass, J. Chapman and Barlow copied from original drawings by famous natural history artists George Edwards, Albertus Seba, Maria Sybilla Merian, and Johann Ihle.
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Album / Florilegius
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2833 x 4440 px | 36.0 MB
Taille d'impression:
24.0 x 37.6 cm | 9.4 x 14.8 in (300 dpi)
Mots clés:
AFRIQUE ANIMAL ANIMAUX BEBE BIJOU: COLLIER COL (MONTAGNE) COL COLLIER COLLIERS DESSIN DESSINER FAUNE (ANIMAL) FAUNE FEMELLE FEMM FEMME FLORE FRAVURE GEOLOGIE GRAVURE HISOIRE HISTOIRE MOTIF MYTHIQUE PEAU SUD TECHNIQUE: DESSIN