Glottis canescens, 1869
Dates
- Creation: 1869
Physical Description
Full sheet pencil; watercolor
General
Tringa nebularia -- Common Greenshank. Alternate name on piece: Glottis canescens [Greenshank] Loosely finished layout painting; 2 diagrams of wing detail in margins; 3 notes on form; at head of sheet: "many Green Shanks [?] Sittingbourne in Kent about 6th of August 62 two of which I had fresh cooked . . . [weights of birds] . . . See skins"; "Time enough not allowed" (Richter?), " "Killed in Kent August 62," "see manuscript"; at foot of sheet:: "Rees," "2/2/-" (Sotheran price). Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository