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Nouvelle Hollande. Huitrier de la presqu'île Peron. ¾ de grandeur.
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Jacques Etienne Victor Arago (1790-1855)
Nouvelle Hollande. Huitrier de la presqu'île Peron. ¾ de grandeur.
signed and dated 'Js. Arago fecit 1818' (lower right), inscribed as title and inscribed 'Voyage de l'Uranie, Oiseaux, pl. No.4' (upper left)
pen and ink and watercolour
10¼ x 12¾in. (26 x 32.4cm.)
Nouvelle Hollande. Presqu'île Peron; Île d'Irk-hartighs. 7bre 1818. I traquet elegant ... 2. traquet malurus ...3. traquet merion leucoptére ...
signed 'Js.Arago fecit.' (lower right) inscribed as title, inscribed 'Grandeur naturelle.' (lower left) 'Voyage de l'Uranie; Oiseaux, pl.No.1' (upper right) and 'T.2. Pl.11' (upper left)
watercolour
14½ x 11 1/8in. (36.8 x 28.3cm.)
Peron peninsular, western Australia, September 1818. (2)
Nouvelle Hollande. Huitrier de la presqu'île Peron. ¾ de grandeur.
signed and dated 'J
pen and ink and watercolour
10¼ x 12¾in. (26 x 32.4cm.)
Nouvelle Hollande. Presqu'île Peron; Île d'Irk-hartighs. 7
signed 'J
watercolour
14½ x 11 1/8in. (36.8 x 28.3cm.)
Peron peninsular, western Australia, September 1818. (2)
Engraved
Atlas Zoologie, pls.34 (Huitrier) and 23 (Traquets).
The black oyster catcher (Haematopus niger) was tentatively identified by the zoologists as a new species. For detailed descriptions of these birds see Zoology, I, pp.129 and 108.
The black oyster catcher (Haematopus niger) was tentatively identified by the zoologists as a new species. For detailed descriptions of these birds see Zoology, I, pp.129 and 108.
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