Nycticorax griseus, 1870
File — Box: 44, Folder: 870
Dates
- Creation: 1870
Physical Description
Full sheet pencil; watercolor
General
Somateria mollissima -- Common Eider; eider à duvet. Alternate name on piece: Nycticorax griseus [Eider duck] Layout study, very rough, with color added; proportions of head to body quite different from the published plate--which is also of very different composition; small detail sketches in margin. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository