Print, Postcard of the Dodo, From a copy in oils by Mrs Louisa Gunther of a 17th Century painting, Old Ashmolean Scientific Series 60, Oxford, 20th Century

Subject: Print Collection
Item type: Object
Primary inscriptions: The original painting in the British Museum may have been painted by R. Savery, in Amsterdam, in the colours of the living bird. Being blackened with age, a copy in brighter colours was made about 1877 by Mrs L. G. at the request of her son, then Keeper of the Zoological Department, and from this copy this card has been printed. The Tradescant Dodo came to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford in 1683 and was burnt by order of its Curators in 1755.
Object type: Print
Dimensions: Height: 90mm Width: 140mm
Inventory No: 13699

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