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By: Presumably by Count August Breüner
Date: Presumably in, or shortly after, 1822
Format: Sketch reproduced in The Life and Correspondence of William Buckland (1894)
Description: A scene from Buckland's tour of the continent. No description is given for the episode in Life and Correspondence, but the octopus sure looks miffed.
For information on Breüner, see his entry on the biography page.
For more on Buckland, see his entry.
Format: Sketch reproduced in The Life and Correspondence of William Buckland (1894)
Description: A scene from Buckland's tour of the continent. No description is given for the episode in Life and Correspondence, but the octopus sure looks miffed.
For information on Breüner, see his entry on the biography page.
For more on Buckland, see his entry.
Sources & further discussion:
Gordon, E. O. (1894). The life and correspondence of William Buckland, DD, FRS: sometime dean of Westminster, twice president of the Geological society, and first president of the British association. London: J. Murray. Link [archive.org]
Image yoinked from:
Gordon, E. O. (1894). The life and correspondence of William Buckland, DD, FRS: sometime dean of Westminster, twice president of the Geological society, and first president of the British association. London: J. Murray. pg 18. Link [archive.org]
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