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Creator: Sowerby, James 1757-1822, engraver.
Other creator(s): White, John 1757 or 8-1832, artist.
Shaw, George, 1751-1813.
Title: Coluber Porphyriacus. [picture]
Accession number(s): 30328102131504/11
Date(s) of creation: Septr. 10th, 1794 [Sept. 10, 1794]
Publication: London : Publish’d by J. Sowerby,
Medium: print : engraving with hand colouring ;
Dimensions: plate mark 23.6 x 14.9 cm. on sheet 29.0 x 21.3 cm.
Collection: Zoology and botany of New Holland and the isles adjacent (1794)
Contents/Summary: Common name: Red-bellied black snake.
Current name: Pseudechis porphyriacus.
Notes: Engravings by James Sowerby after drawings by John White.
Title engraved on plate to left below image.
Tab. X of: Zoology and botany of New Holland and the isles adjacent / the zoological part by George Shaw, the botanical part by James Edward Smith; the figures by J. Sowerby.
Engraved on plate u.l.: 10.
Engraved on plate l.r.: Publish’d by J. Sowerby, Septr., 10th, 1794.
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