Siberian Musk Deer (Ryley)

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Zoom in — Moschus moschiferus. The common musk.

(Facing p. 9, I.)

Artist

Name:: Ryley, Charles Reuben
Dates:: 1752?-1798
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Metal Engraving
Engraver:: Noble, George
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: McGill University Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Museum Leverianum
Author:: Shaw, George
Publisher:: London: James Parkinson, 1792
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Description:

Copper-plate engraving of a Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus), a mammal in the family Moschidae native to Northeast Asia, notable for its tusks and scent glands, for which it is hunted.

This plate was engraved after a watercolor sketch.

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