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Ciconia alba

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Title

Ciconia alba

Date

1871

Contributor

Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)
Richter, Henry Constantine , 1821-1902 (artist)

Description

Drawing depicting: Ciconia ciconia -- White Stork. Alternate name on piece: Ciconia alba [Stork]

Note

Drawing on tissue. Gould 2156 appears to be a more finished treatment of the head. A number of relatively minor changes were made in the published plate, including the angle of the head and neck of the adult and the frog in its bill, and details of the background.

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Ciconia alba

Gould number

2157

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/18175

Call number

Ellis Aves H131

Rights statement

This work is free of known copyright restrictions.

Rights URI

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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