fauna from "The Ornithology of Formosa, or Taiwan. [From the Ibis, April 1863"
Summary
This image has been taken from scan 000070 from "The Ornithology of Formosa, or Taiwan. [From the Ibis, April 1863". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's flickr photostream.
In the 1700's and 1800's naturalists used their scientific knowledge to draw birds with great detail. The most famous bird paintings were by the naturalist artists John Gould (1804-1881) and John J. Audubon (1785–1851).
Date
1863
Source
British Library
Copyright info
Public Domain