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C1810
Vierf. Thiere LXXV. Quadrupedes. LXXV. Quadrupeds. LXXV. Quadrupedi. LXXV.
Artist:
Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch (1747 - 1822)
Both images were copied from Charles Alexander Lesueur’s engravings which appeared in the accounts of the voyage of Nicholas Baudin in 1803 to New Holland.
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Full Title:
Vierf. Thiere LXXV. Quadrupedes. LXXV. Quadrupeds. LXXV. Quadrupedi. LXXV.
Date:
C1810
Artist:
Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch (1747 - 1822)
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
180mm
x 230mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1810
Description:
Both images were copied from Charles Alexander Lesueur’s engravings which appeared in the accounts of the voyage of Nicholas Baudin in 1803 to New Holland.
Biography:
Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch (1747-1822)
A successful entrepreneur and a man of the Age of Enlightenment Bertuch had been orphaned at the age of15 and lived with his uncle. He pursued an education in theology and law eventually became a publisher and the largest employer in his home town of Weimar. This image is from the first pictorial encyclopedia for children Bilderbuch fur Kinder which was a landmark in educational publishing.
