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(Facing p. 9, I.)
Artist
- Name:
- Ryley, Charles Reuben
- Dates:
- 1752?-1798
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Engraver:
- Noble, George
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- McGill University Library, The Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Museum Leverianum
- Author(s):
- Shaw, George
- Publisher:
- London: James Parkinson, 1792
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Copper-plate engraving showing a Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus), a mammal in the family Moschidae native to Northeast Asia, notable for its tusks and its scent glands, for which it is hunted.
This plate was engraved after a watercolor sketch.
Keywords: 1790s, 18th century, black & white, deer, mammal, Moschidae, reference book, ruminant
