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Artamus insignis

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Description

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

Details
Title
Artamus insignis
Subject
Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Artamus insignis
Contributor
Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)
Hart, William Matthew , 1830-1908 (artist)
Date
1878
Type
StillImage
Format
electronic
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Identifier
ku-gould:19038
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/19038
Gould 1045
Relation
The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia--https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/2391--Ellis Aves H129
Rights
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