Satyr tragopan (Tragopan satyra) c1790
Ink and watercolor drawing on wove paper This is the original watercolour for the engraving in Thomas Pennant's A View of Hindoostan
26 X 36 cm
Inscribed Horned Turkey, Gen. Syn. 4 . P. 480 and Meliagris Satyra Lin.
Provenance: Andrew Isles, Natural History Books, Prahran
Literature: "The Napaul Pheasant", hand-coloured engraving, plate XII facing p.344 in Thomas Pennant's, A View of Hindoostan, 2 vols., 1798-1900, Christine E. Jackson, Sarah Stone, Natural Curiosities from the New World, Merrell Holberton and The Natural History Museum, London, 1998, Plate 6, page 17
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