Phragmites communis, 1862

File — Box: 18, Folder: 351

Calamoherpe arundinacea & botanical

Dates

Creation: 1862

Additional Description

Physical Description

Full sheet pencil; watercolor; crayon

General

Acrocephalus scirpaceus -- Eurasian Reed Warbler. Alternate name on piece: Calamoherpe arundinacea and botanical [Reed-warbler] Highly finished painting of Phragmitis communis (reed), with 2 birds faintly sketched in. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine.