Schaenicola arundinacea, 1865
Dates
- Creation: 1865
Physical Description
47 x 33cm pencil; watercolor
General
Emberiza schoeniclus -- Common Reed Bunting; Common Reed-Bunting, Reed Bunting. Alternate name on piece: Schaenicola arundinacea [Reed-bunting] Layout drawing, 6 notes on form and color; 3 very finished watercolor studies of plant details; a third bird, roughly indicated in outline did not appear in the published form; marginal sketches of details, and one of what appears to be a domed case containing a bird and a butterfly; at foot: "63--17." Title in pencil by Sotheran, bookseller. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository