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Loose drawings, April 1866

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 48
Spizixos semitorques
Spizixos semitorques

Dates

  • Creation: April 1866

Physical Description

Sheet trimmed. 30 x 39 cm pencil; watercolor

General

Spizixos canifrons -- Crested Finchbill. Alternate name on piece: Spizixos semitorques [Crested spizixos] One bird and the head and shoulders of another well finished in watercolor, a third in rough pencil outline; 2 more trimmed off; in the published plate the third bird replaces the second; annotation; [Curtis]: 20-5469. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine. Much sketching by Gould to establish positions and poses.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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