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A crustacean (crab).

image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London | CC BY 4.0

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Artist

François Noel Bevallet (active 1780)

Collection

Wellcome Library

Image Link

https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ncsurw88

Description

Coloured stipple engraving by J. L. D. Coutant after F. N. Bevallet.
Inscription: Pagure Larron. Bévalet pinxt. Coutant sculpt.
Additional makers: Coutant, Jean-Louis-Denis, 1776-1831.

Image Licence

CC BY 4.0

Image Credit

image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London

Location

Oceania

Medium

Tags

Crustaceans

Category

TWW Comment

Coconut Crab, Oceania Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), Page 80 from "Voyage autour du monde" (Voyage around the World) by Louis Claude Desaulses de Fréycinet (the original scientific name used by the author was Pagure larron). Images of marine invertebrates, drawn from life aboard the Uranie before being preserved at the natural history museum in Paris. Created by Antoine-Germain Bevalet in 1824.(https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/coconut-crab-birgus-latro-antoine-germain-bevalet/hQG_eU287urHbA?hl=en)

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