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Donovan, Edward (1768-1837)

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Name
Donovan, Edward (1768-1837)
Nationality
English
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Assets (429 in total)

Butterfly: Papilo Ulysses, pub. by the artist, 1800 (engraving)
Bolton's Dragon-fly (Libellula boltonii), 1807 (hand coloured engraving)
Butterflies: Papilio Leucippe; Papilio Danae, pub. by the artist, 1800 (engraving)
Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own “Natural History of British Birds,” London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engraver. He wrote and illustrated a series of volumes on birds, fish, shells and insects, opened his own museum of natural history in London, but later he fell on hard times and died penniless.
Butterfly: Papilo Crino pub. by the artist, 1798
Red bandfish, Cepola macrophthalma (Rubescent band-fish, Cepola rubescens). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.
Lepidoptera: Phaloena Atlas, 1798-1799 (hand-coloured engraving)
Cuckoo from 'The History of British Birds', 1799 (coloured engraving)
Little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own “Natural History of British Birds,” London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engraver. He wrote and illustrated a series of volumes on birds, fish, shells and insects, opened his own museum of natural history in London, but later he fell on hard times and died penniless.
Northern pike, Esox lucius. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.
Lesser whitethroat, Sylvia communis, with nest and egg. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own “Natural History of British Birds,” London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engraver. He wrote and illustrated a series of volumes on birds, fish, shells and insects, opened his own museum of natural history in London, but later he fell on hard times and died penniless.
Green woodpecker. Picus viridis. Copper engraving by Edward Donovan (1768-1837), published in Histoire naturelle des oiseaux britanniques, London, 1794-1819.
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