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Histrionicus torquatus [?], 1869

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 299
Histrionicus torquatus
Histrionicus torquatus

Dates

  • Creation: 1869

Physical Description

Full sheet pencil; watercolor; chalk-charcoal-pastel

General

Histrionicus histrionicus -- Harlequin Duck; arlequin plongeur, Pato arlequín. Alternate name on piece: Histrionicus torquatus [Harlequin duck] Different pose from published plate; corrections; at foot of page a note in ink, which did not take on pastel, and of which little is legible: ". . . .Harlequin Duck in this Vol. 1." Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine. Very heavy pastel and watercolor rendering, probably by Gould, worked up by Richter

Repository Details

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

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