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R: Diomedea brachyura?, V: " ", 1848

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 392
Diomedea brachyura (Obverse and reverse of sheet)
Diomedea brachyura (Obverse and reverse of sheet)

Dates

  • Creation: 1848

Physical Description

Full sheet pencil; watercolor

General

Phoebastria albatrus -- Short-tailed Albatross, Albatros à queue courte. Alternate name on piece: Diomedea brachyura (Obverse and reverse of sheet) [Short-tailed albatross] 3 head studies, many notes on color, form, name and source; "Marked diom. brachyura--Buff[on] 963--on the ticket. Sent to the Berlin Museum from Brand[t?], St. Petersburg and was collected by [?]Kittlitz on the western coast of America." 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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