Stygian owl
Date
1844
Creator
Guyard (French) , Printmaker
After
Jean-Charles Werner (1798 - 1856, French) , Artist
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Dimensions
height (print): 299mm
width (print): 227mm
width (print): 227mm
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Description
Ornithological study of the Stygian owl Asio stygius (here referred to as Otus stygius) shown on a tree branch. The bird is native to Central and South America.
Plate 24 accompanying the paper ‘Considérations générales sur les oiseaux de proie nocturnes…’, by Jacques Pucheran, Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.4 (Paris, 1844) pp.313-343.
Inscribed above: ‘Archives du Muséum. Tome IV Pl. XXIV’. Inscribed below: ‘OTUS STYGIUS, G.R.Gr. Werner pinx. Guyard sculp. Chardon anné et Aze imp. Vaillant color.’
Jacques Pucheran (1817-1895) French zoologist.
Plate 24 accompanying the paper ‘Considérations générales sur les oiseaux de proie nocturnes…’, by Jacques Pucheran, Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.4 (Paris, 1844) pp.313-343.
Inscribed above: ‘Archives du Muséum. Tome IV Pl. XXIV’. Inscribed below: ‘OTUS STYGIUS, G.R.Gr. Werner pinx. Guyard sculp. Chardon anné et Aze imp. Vaillant color.’
Jacques Pucheran (1817-1895) French zoologist.
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