Figure d'une Truie marine

About This Item

Title

Subject

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Illustration of a Sea Sow, which is 72 feet long and 14 feet high. It has 8 eyes - two on its head, and three on either side of its torso. It was found near the Isle of Thylen

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1054. ZEa 9f (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1614

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.1054c

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

7 x 13 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure d'une Truie marine,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 25, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3124.