Indian pitta
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 of the Indian pitta Pitta brachyura. Depicted on the ground and drawn at its natural size.
Inscribed ‘PITTA BRACHYURA. Drawn from Nature and on Stone by E. Gould. Printed by C. Hullmandel.’
TAB.XXIII 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 ‘PITTA BRACHYURA. Drawn from Nature and on Stone by E. Gould. Printed by C. Hullmandel.’
TAB.XXIII 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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