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Frederick Polydore Nodder ( fl. 1770 – 1801) was an English illustrator, engraver and painter.
Nodder illustrated
National History Museum
Zoologica
Frederick Polydore Nodder ( fl. 1770 – 1801) was an English illustrator, engraver and painter.
Nodder illustrated George Shaw George Shaw may refer to:
* George Shaw (biologist) (1751–1813), English botanist and zoologist
* George B. Shaw (1854–1894), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
* George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish playwright
* George C. Shaw (1866–196 ...
's periodical ''The Naturalist's Miscellany''. He also helped Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, (19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences.
Banks made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador. He took part in Captain James ...
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 be ...
of the duck-billed platypus
The platypus (''Ornithorhynchus anatinus''), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal Endemic (ecology), endemic to Eastern states of Australia, eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypu ...
. There are Nodder drawings and paintings of Australian birds and butterflies in the Natural History Division of the National Museum of Ireland
The National Museum of Ireland ( ga, Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann) is Ireland's leading museum institution, with a strong emphasis on national and some international archaeology, Irish history, Irish art, culture, and natural history. It has thre ...
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See also
*Elizabeth Nodder
Elizabeth Nodder was a 19th Century publisher of the illustrated ''The Naturalist's Miscellany''. However, she is listed in the database of Scientific Illustrators as an artist. She and her husband, Frederick Polydore Nodder collaborated in the p ...
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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 li ...
Digitised ''The Naturalist's Miscellany''
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