Eduard Joseph d'Alton

Joseph Wilhelm Eduard d’Alton (August 11, 1772 – May 11, 1840) was a German engraver and naturalist who was a native of Aquileia (today part of Italy).

He later traveled throughout Italy, the Rhineland and France, and during this time period, gained an insight in the areas of natural and art history.

He collaborated with Christian Pander on Vergleichende Osteologie, which was a series of monographs in the field of comparative osteology.

In these works, d'Alton created engraved plates that portrayed the skeletal framework of numerous species, including the extinct megatherium.

[3] In Pander's 1817 treatise Beiträge zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des Hühnchens im Eye, d'Alton produced artistic images involving the embryonic development of a chicken.