Purple Heron

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Zoom in — Purple heron (Ardea purpurea).

(Oiseaux, pl. 15.)

Artist

Name:: Traviès, Édouard
Dates:: 1809-1876
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Metal Engraving
Engraver:: Fournier, Félicie
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: NCSU Libraries, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle, atlas, vol. 1
Author:: Orbigny, Charles Henry Dessalines d'
Publisher:: Paris: Renard, Martinet et Cie., 1849
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Description:

Hand-colored steel engraving showing a purple heron (Ardea purpurea) seen from the side, standing on the bank of a pond dotted with clumps of reeds and water lilies.

The full caption reads in the original French:

3^ème ordre — Échassiers. Cultirostres. Héron pourpré (Ardea purpurea, Gmel.). 1/7 de gr. nat.

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