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Dendrocygna arcuata, 1848

 Item — Volume: 2, Page: 1489a
Dendrocygna arcuata
Dendrocygna arcuata

Dates

  • Creation: 1848

Physical Description

Pencil; chalk-charcoal-pastel

General

Wandering Whistling Duck [Whistling duck] Birds adequately drawn, pastel coloring added, with rough figuring of feather pattern. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine. The drawing does not have Richter's strength and facility of line; at the same time it is more complete and coherent than anything else attributed to Gould's hand in these Albums.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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