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Frederick Polydore Nodder ( fl. 1770 – 1801) was an English illustrator, engraver and painter.
Nodder illustrated George Shaw's periodical ''The Naturalist's Miscellany''. He also helped Joseph Banks prepare the '' Banks' Florilegium'' and converted most of
National History Museum
Zoologica
Frederick Polydore Nodder ( fl. 1770 – 1801) was an English illustrator, engraver and painter.
Nodder illustrated George Shaw's periodical ''The Naturalist's Miscellany''. He also helped Joseph Banks prepare the '' Banks' Florilegium'' and converted most of Sydney Parkinson
Sydney Parkinson (c. 1745 – 26 January 1771) was a Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist. He was the first European artist to visit Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti. Parkinson was the first Quaker to visit New Zealand.
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's Australian plant drawings from the expedition into paintings and helped engrave them for publication. He illustrated the first published scientific description
A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper. Its purpose is to give a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species that have b ...
of the duck-billed platypus
The platypus (''Ornithorhynchus anatinus''), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative or monot ...
. There are Nodder drawings and paintings of Australian birds and butterflies in the Natural History Division of the National Museum of Ireland
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See also
* Elizabeth NodderFootnotes
External links
National History Museum
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Göttingen State and University Library
The Göttingen State and University Library (german: Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen or SUB Göttingen) is the library for Göttingen University as well as for the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and is the state ...
Digitised ''The Naturalist's Miscellany''
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