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Artamus insignis, 1878

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 373
Artamus insignis
Artamus insignis

Dates

  • Creation: 1878

Physical Description

Sheet trimmed. 50 x 31cm watercolor; chalk-charcoal-pastel

General

White-backed Woodswallow [New-Ireland wood-swallow] Color sketch with white and red pastel markings on the surface; one bird cut out and pasted; hole cut in paper near center probably indicates position of earlier head. This seems to be the source of the tracing at Gould 1849, q.v. The published plate is significantly different. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Hart, William Matthew.

Repository Details

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

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