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Carcineutes pulchellus, July 1880

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 430
Carcincutes puchellus
Carcincutes puchellus

Dates

  • Creation: July 1880

Physical Description

Cutout bird attached with sealing wax; further blobs of sealing wax around the margin;. 50 x 34cm watercolor; chalk-charcoal-pastel

General

Lacedo pulchella -- Banded Kingfisher. Alternate name on piece: Carcincutes puchellus Layout sketch, colored; one bird covered by a cut-out revised drawing, attached with sealing wax; further blobs of sealing wax around the margin; "Where is / Bucconoides described / as marked on female / in col of British Museum"; [Curtis] 17: 5238. 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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