Atlas en sternum van de walvis, 1827, Bossuet, 1828

Title(s)

Atlas en sternum van de walvis, 1827
Atlas / Sternum (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

BI-B-FM-118-6

Catalogue reference

• FMH 6280-6

Description

De atlaswervel en sternum (borstbeen) van de walvis. Illustratie in een publicatie over de walvis gestrand op 4 november 1827 bij Oostende. De walvis was eigendom van H. Kessels en J. Dubar.

Artist

• print maker: Bossuet (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Bossuet (mentioned on object)
• printer: Jean Baptiste Ambroise Marcellin Jobard (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Laurent Frères

Place

Brussels

Dating

1828

Material

• paper

Technique

lithography

Measurements

height 270 mm × width 220 mm

What

• swimming mammals: whale (+ dying animal; death of animal; dead animal)

When

• 1827 - 1828

Where

• Oostende

Who

• Herman Kessels

Acquisition

purchase 1881

Copyright

Public domain