'The Rough-Billed Pelican' William Skelton
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'The Rough-Billed Pelican'
Ornithological study of the American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) shown swimming. Plate 50 from Museum Leverianum containing select specimens from the museum of the late Sir Ashton Lever...by George Shaw (published by James Parkinson, 1792). The plate is inscribed: "C.R.Ryley del. W.Skelton sculpt. PELECANUS TRACHYRYNCHOS. THE ROUGH-BILLED PELICAN. London. Publish'd. as the Act directs Feb 2 1793 by I.Parkinson. Leverian Museum."
Original: copperplate engraving. 1793
- Image reference: RS-10535
- The Royal Society
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