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White-Eyebrowed Longtail, Plate 2 from Birds of Western Africa

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Brid with a brown back, tail and wings, and a light underside, perched on a tree branch over a stream with reeds. Title and artists' names below.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Print Maker
William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859
After
William Swainson, British, 1789 - 1855
Date
1837
Credit Line
Gift of Hamill and Barker
Medium
Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
17 × 10.7 cm (6 11/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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