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Lophorina superba, 1878, 1891/1896

 File — Box: 66, Folder: 1525
Lophorina superba
Lophorina superba

Dates

  • Creation: 1878, 1891/1896

Physical Description

51 x 38cm pencil

General

Tracing on tissue. For publication the principal bird was completely changed so as to show the crest, pectoral shield and mantle in the erect positions; the plate in Sharpe's Birds of Paradise differs only in the addition of "(Penn.)" to the binomial, and the printer's credit "Mintern Bros." in place of "Walter"; the text in Sharpe's Birds of Paradise is heavily revised. 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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