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Postcards
VBI-0213
ECHIDNA, OR SPINY ANTEATER (ECHIDNA ACULEATA)
₹400
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Details
- Publisher / Photographer
- Not specified
- Year
- 1900's
- Publisher / Printer
- Not specified
- Location
- British Museum (Natural History)
- Subjects
- Echidnas · Natural history · Museum specimens · British Museum (Natural History)
- Size
- 5.5 x 3.5 in
Description
Sepia-toned postcard depicting an echidna specimen in profile on a rectangular display plinth, its dense spines, elongated snout and clawed feet clearly shown. The caption identifies it as the spiny anteater, gives its length as 11 inches, and names the British Museum (Natural History). Numbered B 42 and bearing the imprint “Printed at the Oxford Univ. Press”.
Condition
Good