print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- Z,1.159
- Description
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'Scolopendra Americana', a large centipede, curled into a spiral; after Plumier; plate 6 of Martin Lister, 'A journey to Paris in the year 1698' (London, 1699).
Engraving
- Production date
- 1699
- Dimensions
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Height: 173 millimetres
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Width: 218 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For comment see Z,1.160. The print is still on a page from a dismembered Sloane album numbered 32 in the hand of Scheuchzer.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2013 Oct-Dec, Warwickshire, Compton Verney, Curious Beasts
2014 March-May, Belfast, Ulster Museum, Curious Beasts
2014 June-Aug, Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, Curious Beasts
2014 Oct-Dec, San Diego, University Galleries, Curious Beasts
2016-2017 21 Oct-5 Feb, Adelaide, South Australian Museum: ‘Curious Beasts’
- Associated titles
Associated Title: A journey to Paris in the year 1698
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Acquisition notes
- See comment on Z,1.1.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Z,1.159
