Blue-Headed or Red Bee-Eater, Plate 9 from Birds of Western Africa
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Object Details
- Print Maker
- William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859
- After
- William Swainson, British, 1789 - 1855
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Tropical bird on a branch with a blue head and pink and blue body, with a long red rail, and red (some green) wings. Title and artists' names below.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hamill and Barker
- 1837
- Accession Number
- 1961-105-167
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Object Name
- Type
- Medium
- Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 17 × 10.7 cm (6 11/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
- made in
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1961-105-167
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44b28aab1-c702-4d9e-9592-25000aa02b14
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