Parotia sexpennis1875StillImageDrawing depicting: Parotia sefilata -- Western Parotia. Alternate name on piece: Parotia sexpennis [Six-plummed bird of paradise]Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)Hart, William Matthew , 1830-1908 (artist)Rough colored sketch with pencilled title "The Challenge" and with a setting more illustrative of that title than used for the published plate; very unusually, the drawing is at ca. 30%. Since the pattern of use called for 100% from sketch to plate, could this have been intended for a different purpose, although using the same birds and poses as published?ku-gould:19847https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/19847Gould 330OrnithologyOrnithological illustrationelectronicimage/tiffThe birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia--https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/3529--Ellis Aves H129This work is free of known copyright restrictions.