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Swainson | William | 1789-1855 | naturalist and artist

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Copy of a Swainson lithograph of a Collared Crabeater (Halcyon Collaris), n.d.

This photographic copy of an illustration of a bird is plate 27 from vol. 1 from William John Swainson's, "Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals; selected chiefly for the classes of ornithology, etymology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists", London, 1820. The original scientific plates in Swainson's publication were hand-coloured.The verso is blank.
Found in: Loose prints
Shelfmark: MS. 21088 photogr. 1/38
Extents: 1 item
Dates: n.d.