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Pitta maxima, 1876

 File — Box: 69, Folder: 1623
Pitta maxima
Pitta maxima

Dates

  • Creation: 1876

Physical Description

Pencil; Watercolor; pastel

General

Pitta maxima -- Ivory-breasted Pitta. Alternate name on piece: Pitta maxima [Great pitta] Drawing on tissue, with heavy correcting lines, and added watercolor and pastel; second bird and background much changed and the whole image converted from portrait to landscape mode in the published plate. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine.

Repository Details

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

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