Western tragopan
Date
1832
Creator
Elizabeth Gould (1804 - 1841, British) , Illustrator
Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789 - 1850, British) , Lithographer
Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789 - 1850, British) , Lithographer
Object type
Library reference
41609
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 546mm
width (print): 357mm
width (print): 357mm
Subject
Content object
Description
An ornithological study the western tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus, here styled Tragopan hastingsii. Depicting a young male bird two thirds of the natural size.
Inscribed ‘TRAGOPAN HASTINGSII. 2/3 Nat. Size. Drawn from Nature and on Stone by E. Gould. Printed by C. Hullmandel.’
TAB. LXIV to A century of birds from the Himalaya mountains by John Gould FRS (1832).
John Gould (1804-1881), British ornithologist and publisher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1843.
Inscribed ‘TRAGOPAN HASTINGSII. 2/3 Nat. Size. Drawn from Nature and on Stone by E. Gould. Printed by C. Hullmandel.’
TAB. LXIV to A century of birds from the Himalaya mountains by John Gould FRS (1832).
John Gould (1804-1881), British ornithologist and publisher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1843.
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