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Elk

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  • An elk. Engraving by M.R. Tardieu after J. de Seve.
  • An elk running. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • The male and female Irish elk (Cervus megaceros), now extinct. Reproduction of a painting by J Smith.
  • An elk running. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • An elk running. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
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    An elk running. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

    Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904. | Date: 1887 | Reference: 2013369i
    Part of: Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements
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    An American elk. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

    Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828. | Date: [between 1790 and 1799?] | Reference: 750549i
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    The male and female Irish elk (Cervus megaceros), now extinct. Reproduction of a painting by J Smith.

    Smith, John Henry, active 1852-1893. | Reference: 39803i
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    Notice of the discovery of remains of the elk (Cervus alces, Linn., Alces malchis, Gray) in Berwickshire : with notes of its occurrence in the British islands, more particularly in Scotland : also notes of the remains of the Irish elk (Megaceros Hibernicus) found in Scotland / by John Alexander Smith.

    | Date: 1873
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    An elk. Engraving by M.R. Tardieu after J. de Seve.

    Sève, Jacques de, active 1742-1788. | Reference: 578634i
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