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Nycticorax griseus, 1870

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 870
Nycticorax griseus
Nycticorax griseus

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

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