Loose drawings, 1867
File — Box: 27, Folder: 524
Dates
- Creation: 1867
Physical Description
watercolor; chalk-charcoal-pastel
General
Pezoporus occidentalis -- Night Parrot. Alternate name on piece: Geopsittacus occidentalis [Nocturnal ground-parrakeet] Pencil layout drawing, with a very few touches of watercolor or ink to show feather pattern; "Lith this way" (keep landscape aspect]. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine. Unusual: drawing lacks Richter's sureness of touch, yet has far more detail and less energy than usual in Gould.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository