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

Long-Legged Plover

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)

Date1832-1837

MediumLithograph, hand colored

DimensionsSheet size: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (36.8 x 54 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Dr. Orrin Lippoff

Object number2012.55.1

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionHimantopus melanopterus (Long-Legged Plover), a bird with black back, wings, head, and beak, white throat and belly, and long orange legs and feet, standing on grass with plants in the background. Plate 289 from volume IV of "Birds of Europe", London, 1832-1837.