Ichthyosaur and Plesiosaurus

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Artist

Name:: Riou, Édouard
Dates:: 1833-1900
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engravers:: Hotelin, Laurent; Hurel, Alexandre
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: La terre avant le déluge
Author:: Figuier, Louis
Publisher:: Paris: Hachette et Cie., 1874
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Description:

An ichthyosaur and a plesiosaurus are facing each other in the sea, assuming threatening postures.

The caption reads in the original French: L’ichthyosaure et le Plésiosaure.

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