View media onlyBullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, and crossbill, Loxia curvirostra. 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 Massard, 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.IdentifierAKG2002461PhotographeFlorilegiusCredit lineakg-images / FlorilegiusEvent date1850Période19E SIECLE2E MILLENAIRETopicARTISTEBEC-CROISEBOUVREUILDICTIONNAIREEURASIENFLORILEGIUSHISTOIREILLUSTRATIONOISEAUORNITHOLOGIEPINSONSCIENCESZOOLOGIEGeographySAINTE-CROIXTechniqueGRAVURESize3264px × 4961px (46 MB) 27.6 cm × 42.0 cm @ 300 dpiSpecial Formats4334px × 6588px (82 MB) JPEG36.7 cm × 55.8 cm @ 300 dpiAjouter à la sélection: 'My First Lightbox'Ajouter au panierDownload
