Person

Knip, Pauline de Courcelles (1781 - 1851)

Born: 26 July 1781
Paris, France
Died: 18 April 1851
Paris, France
Occupation: Ornithological artist

Summary

Pauline de Courcelles Knip illustrated many Australian birds. Having never visited Australia, she relied on specimens that were brought back to France after scientific expeditions, such as the Baudin expedition of 1800-1804.

Related People

Baudin, Nicolas Thomas (1754 - 1803)
Pauline Knip illustrated birds from Baudin's 1800 - 1804 expedition.

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q19573635. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/770821. Details
'Knip, Pauline de Courcelles (1781-1851)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473566. Details

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