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Lophophaps leucogasta

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Title

Lophophaps leucogasta

Date

1867

Contributor

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

Description

Drawing depicting: Geophaps plumifera leucogaster -- Spinifex Pigeon. Alternate name on piece: Lophophaps leucogasta [White-bellied bronzewing]

Note

Very finished watercolor, with extensive line corrections and extensive notes on form, color and measurements of the birds. Apparently initially in landscape format but trimmed and adjusted to fit a portrait format ("plate upright").

Extent

Sheet trimmed. 31 x 25 cm

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration

Gould number

19

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/20201

Call number

Ellis Aves H141

Rights statement

This work is free of known copyright restrictions.

Rights URI

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

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