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Calyptorhynchus funereus, 1846

 Item — Volume: 2, Page: 1415a
Calyptorhynchus funereus
Calyptorhynchus funereus

Dates

  • Creation: 1846

Physical Description

Pencil; chalk-charcoal-pastel; crayon

General

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo [Funereal cockatoo]. Very rough pencil drawing, with pastel coloring added, then further drawing in terracotta crayon, and in charcoal; deeply scored lines. This must have been followed by Richter's Gould item 1414a, which is very close to the form and detail of the published plate. 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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