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Artamus insignis

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Title

Artamus insignis

Date

1878

Creator

Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)
Hart, William Matthew , 1830-1908 (artist)

Description

Drawing depicting: Artamus insignis -- White-backed Woodswallow [New-ireland wood-swallow]

Note

Very finished painting; added pencil sketches of insects; note on color; the 2 birds are virtually unchanged in the published plate, but for reversing relative positions vertically, and completing one which was partially overlapped in the drawing; 6 distant birds are removed and the foliage slightly altered; "9 / 1547" (Sotheran: see Gould 0969).

Extent

Full sheet

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Artamus insignis

Gould number

1045

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/19038

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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