Artist:
CharlesVauthier (1790 - 1879)
Early C19th engraving of the Dusky megapode or dusky scrubfowl. From Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dictionnaire Classique D’Historie Naturelle.
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Early C19th engraving of the Dusky megapode or dusky scrubfowl.
From Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dictionnaire Classique D’Historie Naturelle.
Biography:
Charles Vauthier (1790-1879 was a French entomologist, botanist, author and natural history illustrator. His brother Jules-Antoine Vauthier was also a prominent artist of his day. Their father was Michel Vauthier, a miniaturist at Versailles and later a publisher and art dealer in Paris. Vauthier was a collector of plants and insects in Brazil, arriving in Rio de Janeiro in December 1831 and returning to France, arriving at the port of Toulon on 21 May 1833.
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