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Adelomyia melanogenys, 1855

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 147
Adelomyia melanogenys
Adelomyia melanogenys

Dates

  • Creation: 1855

Physical Description

Sheet trimmed unevenly. 35 x 38cm pencil

General

Adelomyia melanogenys melanogenys -- Speckled Hummingbird. Alternate name on piece: Adelomyia melanogenys. Layout drawing, birds well finished; corrections; the sheet seems to have been used to try out pencil shading, some of it over the drawing or notes. Title in pencil by Sotheran, bookseller. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine.

Repository Details

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

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