Specimens Not Yet Included in the Collection at Regent's Park
D M *
Genre: | Illustration, Drollery |
Relevant illustrations: | wdct. [9] |
Illustrators: | D M * |
Subjects: | Zoological Gardens, Monstrosities, Zoology, Animal Development, Military Technology, Horticulture, Light, Instruments |
Shows a series of strange animals who have developed anatomical features associated with humans. For example, the 'Gun Badger' has a head constructed from a muzzle-loading rifle, the 'Aquarious Lawn-Bird' has a watering-can for a beak, and the 'Long-Sighted Hornbill' has a pair of binoculars growing out of its eye sockets. |
© Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Project, Universities of Leeds and Sheffield, 2005 - 2020
Printed from Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical: An Electronic Index, v. 4.0, The Digital Humanities Institute <http://www.sciper.org> [accessed ]