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Pitta maxima

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Title

Pitta maxima

Date

1876

Contributor

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

Description

Drawing depicting: Pitta maxima  -- Ivory-breasted Pitta. Alternate name on piece: Pitta maxima [Great pitta]

Note

Drawing on tissue. 2 birds, one drawn on each side of sheet, to be seen as part of the overall composition; no background drawn. The erect bird (prinicpal bird) is graphited on the other side for tracing.

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Pitta maxima

Gould number

1616a

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/18704

Call number

Ellis Aves H129

Rights statement

This work is free of known copyright restrictions.

Rights URI

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

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