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Artist unknown :Moa with feet like an elephant. Dinornis elephantopus. Vol. I, page 32. [London, John Murray, 1859]
- Date
- 1870
- Reference
- A-191-042
- Description
Shows the skeleton of a moa, known as the heavy-footed moa, against a landscape of mountains and headland, with a triangular-sailed waka in the middle distance.
Vendor information is that the print is a page from an American publication.
The bird's pose is similar to that in the photograph taken in London in 1855 by Roger Fenton. The engraving is a page removed from The story of New Zealand past and present - savage and civilised ... by Arthur Sanders Thomson (London, John Murray, 1859), vol 1 page 32 'From a photograph by R. Fenton'. The National Library of Australia has the same print (ie same volume and page number), with a suggested place and date of London, 1800-1810.
Other Titles - Arthur Saunders Thomson
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Wood engraving, on page 198 x 120 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Wood engravings, Scientific illustrations, Wood engraving, on page 198 x 120 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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