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Diardigallus praelatus, June 1860

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 831
Dardigallus praelatus
Dardigallus praelatus

Dates

  • Creation: June 1860

Physical Description

Unevenly trimmed. 38 x 56cm pencil

General

Lophura diardi -- Siamese Fireback. Alternate name on piece: Dardigallus praelatus Layout drawing, probably on top of Gould's conceptual sketch (scarcely to be seen for heavy erasure); detail sketch in margin; marks to shorten parts of the birds in 7 places, reinforced by "shorter" in several cases; list of groceries in upper right corner; large letter "H." Title in pencil by Sotheran, bookseller. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine. The published text makes mention of the use of "Mr. Crawfurd's drawing" for one of the subsidiary birds.

Repository Details

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

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