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Peter Mazell

Irish painter and engraver (1733–1808)

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Images from the collections

Images by Peter Mazell

44 images from works
  • A New Holland cassowary and two enlarged feathers. Etching by P. Mazell after Lt. Watts.
  • A Norfolk Island flying squirrel sitting on the stump of a tree. Etching by P. Mazell after A. Latham.
  • A Norfolk Island petrel. Etching by P. Mazell after A. Latham.
  • A sea otter on a shore; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by P. Mazell, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • A Watts shark and a front view of its mouth. Etching by P. Mazell.
  • A Bronze Winged pigeon. Etching by P. Mazell after A. Latham.
  • A female superb warbler sitting on a branch of a tree. Etching by P. Mazell.
  • A female superb warbler sitting on a branch of a tree. Etching by P. Mazell.
  • A flying macauco (macaque). Etching by P. Mazell.
  • English families taken as hostages in the French Revolution, imprisoned in the orphanage of Arras. Engraving by P. Maxell, 1802, after T. Snagg.
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Works from the collections

47 works

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    A tapir. Etching by P. Mazell.

    | Reference: 40797i
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    A female superb warbler sitting on a branch of a tree. Etching by P. Mazell.

    | Date: 17 June 1789 | Reference: 42150i
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    A sea otter on a shore; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by P. Mazell, 1784, after J. Webber.

    John Webber | Date: [1784] | Reference: 566670i
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    A kangaroo, a kangaroo-rat and details of their jaws. Etching by P. Mazell.

    Peter Mazell | Date: 4 September 1789 | Reference: 42127i
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    A Watts shark and a front view of its mouth. Etching by P. Mazell.

    Peter Mazell | Date: 2 November 1789 | Reference: 42156i
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Frequent collaborators

Latham, A.

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