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Bombycivora garrula [?]

 File — Box: 52, Folder: 1033
Bombycivora garrula?
Bombycivora garrula?

Physical Description

Full sheet watercolor

General

Bombycilla garrulus -- Bohemian Waxwing, jaseur boréal. Alternate name on piece: Bombycivora garrula? [Waxen chatterer] Finely finished painting with simple branch perch for 2 birds Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Gould, Elizabeth. Clearly in E. Gould's distinctive style; the published plate cited appears to be later and more accomplished work by Mrs. Gould: it shows only one bird and is not at all modeled on the composition of the present drawing.

Repository Details

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

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