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Xanthomelus aureus, 1878

 File — Box: 23, Folder: 441
Xanthomelus aureus
Xanthomelus aureus

Dates

  • Creation: 1878

Physical Description

Light drawing paper. 42 x 31cm watercolor; chalk-charcoal-pastel

General

Flame Bowerbird, Masked Bowerbird. Alternate name on piece: Xanthomelus aureus [Golden bird of paradise] [Curtis] 10:4758 Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Hart, William Matthew. Rough layout sketch, perhaps worked up a little by Hart, and with a lot of Gould's red crayon indicating changes and corrections.

Repository Details

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

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