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Beluga (Beluga leucas)

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Image ID

823834


Item data

Title

Beluga (Beluga leucas)

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Animals -- Whale

Names

Specht, Friedrich, 1839-1909 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1863 (Approximate)

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC ANI-Wha

Subjects

Whales

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Printed on border: "1/36 natürl. Grösse." "The white whale: Includes additional text.
Source Note: Brehm''s Tierleben. (Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1863-) Brehm, Alfred Edmund (1829-1884), Author.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 19 x 14 cm. (7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17679369
Barcode: 33333159402946
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8fbba6d0-c536-012f-f529-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1863

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Beluga (Beluga leucas)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1863. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8fbba6d0-c536-012f-f529-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1863). Beluga (Beluga leucas) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8fbba6d0-c536-012f-f529-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Beluga (Beluga leucas)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8fbba6d0-c536-012f-f529-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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