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Amblyornis inornata

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Title

Amblyornis inornata

Date

1879

Contributor

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

Description

Drawing depicting: Amblyornis inornata -- Vogelkop Bowerbird [Gardener bower-bird]

Note

Fine layout painting; major changes in the published plate: aspect changed to landscape, 2 principal birds reduced to one, which does not follow either original figure in pose or detail; annotation in top left corner: "[species name] / habits described by Beccari Ann Mus civ, vol / fig. with a coloured drawing"; fragments of a wood engraving once pasted on the drawing -- Gould's text refers: "The representation of the garden and cabin is adapted from the woodcut given in the 'Gardener's Chronicle' . . . Derived from Dr. Beccari's original illustration"; large letter "C."

Extent

49 x 39cm

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Amblyornis inornata

Gould number

750

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/19385

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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