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Schaenicola arundinacea, 1865

 File — Box: 27, Folder: 532
Schaenicola arundinacea
Schaenicola arundinacea

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

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