A crested boatbill (Cancroma cochlearia) and common heron (Ardea cinerea). Coloured engraving, ca. 1808, after S. Edwards.

  • Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819.
Date:
1 May 1808
Reference:
42937i
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London (Fleet Street) : G. Kearsley, 1 May 1808.

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1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; sheet 10.5 x 13.1 cm

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1 Ardea brasiliensis, or Brasilian bittern. 2 Ardea grus, or common crane 3 Cancroma cochlearia, or crested boatbill 4 Ardea major, or common heron ; Drawn from life by S. Edwards

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Wellcome Collection 42937i

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