Cyclopsitta sp.
File — Box: 53, Folder: 1043
Physical Description
Full sheet pencil; watercolor; chalk-charcoal-pastel
General
Cyclopsitta desmarestii? Very finished painting; at foot of sheet, "cancelled drawing," in Hart's hand; "3/3/" (Sotheran price); at head of sheet: "This drawing to be cancel . . . ," in Gould's hand. From Gould's text to Cyclopsitta occidentalis (Birds of New Guinea Vol V:1), the present drawing would appear to be of Cyclopsitta desmarestii (not in Sharpe's Index). Artist's name(s): Hart, William Matthew.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository