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Noctua cuculoïdes, 1834?

 File — Box: 50, Folder: 994
Noctua cuculoides
Noctua cuculoides

Dates

  • Creation: 1834?

Physical Description

Full sheet ink; watercolor

General

Glaucidium cuculoides guttulata. Alternate name on piece: Noctua cuculoides Title in pencil by Sotheran, bookseller Artist's name(s): Gould, Elizabeth. Charming, very detailed painted study of the bird, in Elizabeth Gould's earliest, naive, and rather two-dimensional style; a tiny "E. Gould" appears in the drawing; in the published plate the perch is changed.

Repository Details

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

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