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Petesophora cyanotis

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Title

Petesophora cyanotis

Date

1853

Contributor

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

Description

Drawing depicting: Colibri thalassinus  cyanotus -- Green Violet-ear, Green Violetear, Colibrí oreja violeta. Alternate name on piece: Petesophora cyanotis

Note

Layout drawing, birds adequately finished for a preliminary stage, color added--unappealing muddy background wash (probably changed color over the years); detail sketches of flower in margins; "15/-" Sotheran's price at foot. Title in pencil by Sotheran, bookseller.

Extent

48 x 34cm

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration

Gould number

0924a

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/19167

Call number

Ellis Aves H91

Rights statement

This work is free of known copyright restrictions.

Rights URI

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

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