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Vespertilio murinus Linn

Print
c.1775? (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Vespertilio murinus Linn'; Head of a bat, viewed face-on. Title, engraver's and artist's names lettered below the image.

This is the lower part of a larger print which has been cut in two. The upper half is object 29638:174, which shows the bat in full, viewed face-on, with wings outstretched.The upper half is numbered L1 in the top-right corner and so was presumably removed from a book.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleVespertilio murinus Linn (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving print on laid paper
Brief description
'Vespertilio murinus Linn'; Head of a bat, viewed face-on; Engraving print on laid paper; Design by Buvée; Engraved by Bischoff; Possibly taken from an edition of the naturalist Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber's 'Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen' (1774-1804); (?)Germany; (?)ca.1775.
Physical description
'Vespertilio murinus Linn'; Head of a bat, viewed face-on. Title, engraver's and artist's names lettered below the image.

This is the lower part of a larger print which has been cut in two. The upper half is object 29638:174, which shows the bat in full, viewed face-on, with wings outstretched.The upper half is numbered L1 in the top-right corner and so was presumably removed from a book.
Dimensions
  • Approx size of sheet height: 12.6cm
  • Approx size of sheet width: 20cm
Measured by DH 04/03/2010.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Vespertilio murinus Linn (Centre below image.)
  • Buvée del. (Lower left corner of sheet.)
  • Bischoff Sc. (Lower right corner of sheet.)
Object history
This is the lower part of a larger print which has been cut in two. The upper half is object 29638:174, which shows the bat in full, viewed face-on, with wings outstretched. The upper half is numbered L1 in the top-right corner and so was presumably removed from a book.

It is possibly taken from an edition of the naturalist Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber's 'Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen', a series of books written in the period 1774-1804, focusing on mammals of the world.
Production
Possibly taken from an edition of the naturalist Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber's 'Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen', a series of books written in the period 1774-1804, focusing on mammals of the world.
Subject depicted
Associated object
29638:174 (Part)
Other number
L1 - numbered on sheet
Collection
Accession number
29638:175

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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