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Pitta cyanea

 File — Box: 58, Folder: 1143
Pitta cyanea
Pitta cyanea

Physical Description

Full sheet pencil; watercolor; chalk-charcoal-pastel

General

Very finished painting; note on color; "An upright plate of this species is figured in Birds of Asia V [Plate 80], but not this plate." Closely followed in proof, Gould item 1144, with minor change to one bird, and background developed. Gould 2017 is a tracing of this painting on tissue. Artist's name(s): Hart, William Matthew.

Repository Details

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

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