Black-breasted buzzard
Date
1848
Creator
Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789 - 1850, British) , Lithographer
After
John Gould (1804 - 1881, British) , Ornithologist
Henry Constantine Richter (1821 - 1902, British) , Illustrator
Henry Constantine Richter (1821 - 1902, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
41607
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 546mm
width (print): 357mm
width (print): 357mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of the black-breasted buzzard, Buteo melanosternon, Gould. showing a male two-thirds of the natural size, perched on a branch with a rodent in his talons.
Inscribed ‘BUTEO MELANOSTERNON: Gould. J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith. C. Hullmandel Imp.’
Illustration from The birds of Australia by John Gould FRS (1848), vol. 1.
John Gould (1804-1881), British ornithologist and publisher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1843.
Inscribed ‘BUTEO MELANOSTERNON: Gould. J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith. C. Hullmandel Imp.’
Illustration from The birds of Australia by John Gould FRS (1848), vol. 1.
John Gould (1804-1881), British ornithologist and publisher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1843.
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