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

Picus Brunifrons

Artist Elizabeth Gould (English, 1804 - 1841)

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)

Date1831-1833

MediumLithograph, hand-colored

Dimensions22 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (57.2 x 36.8 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Dr. Mike Solar

Object number2012.56.6

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionTwo Picus Brunifrons birds with yellow heads, white throats, black and white speckled backs, bellies, and wings, black tails, and red under their tails. The male has red on his head. Both birds stand on a tree branch. Plate 52 from "A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains", London, 1831.