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File:Baudin emus.jpg

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Description

Black Emus on Kangaroo Island.

The large bird is thought to be based on a Kangaroo Island emu, and the small one on the King Island emu, but were thought to be a male and female of the same species at the time.

The original hand coloured copper engraving was engraved by F. Lambert after paintings and drawings by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur who was the offical artist of natural history on the Nicholas Baudin Voyage 1800-1804 for 'Péron, François (1775-1810). Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes ..., sur les corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste, et al goëlette la Casuarina, pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Paris: De L'Imprimerie impériale, 1807-16.
Date 1808-1811
Source http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/darwin/19_peron.shtml and http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7979797856/in/set-72157631519809640
Author Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, F. Lambert

Licensing

PD-icon.svg This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923.

This work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less.
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Author Baudin, Nicolas,
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 96 dpi
Vertical resolution 96 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
File change date and time 17:14, 27 January 2013
Colour space Uncalibrated
Image height 2,268 px
Image width 1,827 px
Credit/Provider Image courtesy of BHL
Source http://biodiversitylibrary.org
Date and time of digitizing 18:12, 27 January 2013
Date metadata was last modified 18:14, 27 January 2013
Keywords
  • Australasia
  • Discovery and exploration
  • Natural history
  • Boston Public Library (archive.org)

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