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Pitta caeruleitorques, 1878

 File — Box: 56, Folder: 1115
Pitta caeruleitorques
Pitta caeruleitorques

Dates

  • Creation: 1878

Physical Description

50 x 38cm pencil; watercolor; chalk-charcoal-pastel

General

Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques -- Red-bellied Pitta. Alternate name on piece: Pitta caeruleitorques [Red-headed pitta] Very finished painting; at top of sheet: "Typus [binomial] Salv. / [?]Isles Semquer Dell / 2 Sepr 75" in Gould's hand and very difficult to read. Title in pencil by Sotheran, bookseller. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Hart, William Matthew.

Repository Details

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

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