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(Mammifères, Pl. 12.)
Artist
- Name:
- Traviès, Édouard
- Dates:
- 1809-1876
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Engraver:
- Annedouche, Christophe
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- NCSU Libraries, The Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle, atlas, vol. 1
- Author(s):
- Orbigny, Charles Henry Dessalines d'
- Publisher:
- Paris: Renard, Martinet et Cie., 1849
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Hand-colored steel engraving showing a dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) seen from the side outside the walls of a middle-eastern city outlined in the background.
The full caption reads in the original French:
1ére série. Quadrupèdes sans os marsupiaux. (Is. G. St. Hil.)
7ème ordre — Ruminants. Chameau à une bosse ou dromadaire (Camelus dromedarius, L.). 1/24 de grandeur natur.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, Camelidae, color, mammal, reference book
