View asset onlyGreat bustard, Otis tarda (vulnerable), and common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix’s ‘Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology,' Paris, France, 1816–1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Plie, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine’s zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History. Turpin (1775–1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century.IdentifierAKG2001315SourceFlorilegiusCredit lineakg-images / FlorilegiusEvent date1850Time Period19TH CENTURY2ND MILLENNIUM A.D.TopicARTISTBIRDBUSTARDDICTIONARYFLORILEGIUSHISTORYILLUSTRATIONORNITHOLOGYPLOVERSCIENCES ; SCIENCEZOOLOGYGeographySAINTE-CROIXTechniqueENGRAVING (TECHNIQUE)Size3130px × 4961px (44 MB) 26.5 cm × 42.0 cm @ 300 dpiSpecial Formats4237px × 6715px (81 MB) JPEG35.9 cm × 56.9 cm @ 300 dpiAdd to lightbox: 'My First Lightbox'Add to cartDownload
