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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Chinese Spizixos
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Chinese Spizixos

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)
Date1850-1883
MediumLithograph, hand colored
Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Peter Desorcy, with additional funds provided by The Gladys Harn Harris Art Acquisition Endowment
Object number2010.42
On View
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DescriptionTwo Spizixos semitorques (Chinese Spizixos) birds with yellow bodies, black heads and tails, and white and black spotted cheeks stand on the stems of a Thladiantha dubia (red hailstone) plant with a woody stem, green leaves, and yellow flowers. From Volume 3, Plate 10, "Birds of Asia", London, 1850-1883.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
John Gould
1849-1881
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
John Gould
1850-1883
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
John Gould
1850-1883
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
John Gould
1840-1869
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Johann Leonhard Frisch
1817
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
John Gould
1832-1837
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Elizabeth Gould
1831-1833
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
John Gould
1849-1861
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
John Gould
1832 - 1837