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Artist
- Name:
- Bewick, Thomas
- Dates:
- 1753-1828
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Bewick, Thomas
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- University of Pittsburgh Library System, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- A history of British birds
- Author(s):
- Beilby, Ralph, Bewick, Thomas, Cotes, Henry
- Publisher:
- Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick, 1809
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
View of a great auk (Pinguinus impennis) standing on a rock surrounded by the ocean.
The great auk was a bird in the family Alcidae and is considered extinct since 1844. It used its wings to swim underwater but couldn’t fly.
Keywords: 1800s, 19th century, Alcidae, bird, black & white, extinct, reference book, seafront
