Summary
Hand coloured lithographic colour proof of a Common Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, and a Shorthead Seahorse, Hippocampus breviceps, by Ludwig Becker. This work was finally published as Plate 65 in the Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
Description of Content
Common Seadragon/Shorthead Seahorse, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus/Hippocampus breviceps by Ludwig Becker. Hand coloured proof, lithographic ink on paper, 20cm x 25cm. Published as Plate 65 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
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Artist & Lithographer
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Plate Number
65
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State
Hand coloured proof
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Classification
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Taxon Name
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Author and date of publication
(Lacepède, 1804)
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Preferred Common name
Common Seadragon
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Other Common Names
Weedy Seadragon
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Species Name
taeniolatus
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
20 cm (Width), 25 cm (Height)
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References
[Book Series] McCoy, Frederick. 1878-1890. Natural History of Victoria: Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria or Figures and Descriptions of the Living Species of All Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals. 1-2.
[Article] Yen, Alan L., et al. 2001. McCoy's Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria: an unfinished task. Vic. Nat. 118 (6): 242-255.
