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Ptilopus bellus, 1879

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 483
Ptilopus bellus
Ptilopus bellus

Dates

  • Creation: 1879

Physical Description

Full sheet pencil; watercolor; chalk-charcoal-pastel

General

Ptilinopus rivoli -- White-bibbed Fruit Dove. Alternate name on piece: Ptilopus bellus [Purple-bellied fruit-pigeon] Finished painting; at foot "This same bird should be in P.3 S." (note from Sharpe regarding his Birds of Paradise?). Title in pencil by Sotheran, bookseller. 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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