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(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(s):
- Orbigny, Charles Henry Dessalines d'
- Publisher:
- Paris: Renard, Martinet et Cie., 1849
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Hand-colored steel engraving showing a purple heron (Ardea purpurea) seen from the side standing on the bank of a pond studded with reeds and water lilies.
The full caption reads in the original French:
3ème ordre — Échassiers. Cultirostres. Héron pourpré (Ardea purpurea, Gmel.). 1/7 de gr. nat.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, Ardeidae, bird, color, reference book, wader
