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Quezal or Pharomacrus mocinno

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Artist

William Matthew Hart (1830-1908)

Collection

Arader Galleries

Description

From “A Monograph of the Trogonidae, of Family of Trogons”, Plate One.' (London: Richard and John E. Taylor, for the author, 1875) / Inscribed in pencil upper left by Gould “Plant Barkeria Elegans”, and possibly “William Matthew', 'Hart” (partially obscured), inscribed in a later hand in ink on a label on the verso of the original frame: "Pharomacrus Mocinno (quezal). ('Monograph of the Trogonidae', by J.Gould F.R.S. Second Edition 1875 - first edition was published in 1838)".
Medium: Original watercolor heighened with gum arabic on paper.