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Picus insularis, April 1864

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 75
Picus insularis
Picus insularis

Dates

  • Creation: April 1864

Physical Description

Sheet trimmed. 46 x 39 cm pencil; watercolor

General

Dendrocopos leucotos insularis -- White-backed Woodpecker. Alternate name on piece: Picus insularis [Formosan spotted woodpecker] Title in pencil by Sotheran, bookseller. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine. Well-advanced layout drawing by Richter, very heavily annotated with Gould's instructions on form and color.

Repository Details

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

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