Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis
Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, and fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus (endangered).. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Carnonkel, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780
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10939054
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45898167
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4077px x 6868px
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Credit
© Florilegius / Mary Evans
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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
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1775 1840 1775-1840 1780~1845 1816 Balaenoptera Carnonkel Considered Dictionary Endangered Frederic Glacialis Illustrators Jean Francois Jean-francois Josephines Levrault Physalus Pretre Stipple Turpin Whale
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