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Amblyornis inornata

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Drawing depicting: Amblyornis inornata -- Vogelkop Bowerbird [Gardener bower-bird], Signs of erasure and Gould's lines both before and after the painting stage, 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."

Details
Title
Amblyornis inornata
Subject
Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Amblyornis inornata
Contributor
Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)
Hart, William Matthew , 1830-1908 (artist)
Date
1879
Type
StillImage
Format
electronic
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Identifier
ku-gould:19385
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/19385
Gould 750
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/3405--Ellis Aves H129
Rights
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