
Short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus…
Short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, and platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. 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.
Credit
Mary Evans
Dimensions
4353 x 6503 pixels
Print Size @ 300 dpi
15 x 22 inches / 37 x 55 cm