Snowy Owl (Gould)

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Hand-colored lithograph showing a female snowy owl sitting on a rock in the foreground

Nyctea nivea.

(Plate 34.)

Artists

Names:: Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine
Dates:: 1804-1881, 1821-1902
Countries:: UK, UK

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Lithograph
Lithographer:: Richter, Henry Constantine
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The New York Public Library

Book

Title:: The birds of Great Britain, vol. 1
Author:: Gould, John
Publisher:: London: Published by the author, 1873
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Description:

Hand-colored lithograph showing a female snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) sitting on a rock in the foreground, and two chicks seen from the back at some distance. Further in the background, beyond a stretch of water, two white bears can be seen on an ice floe, one of them feeding on a seal.

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