Printed on the plate
“Golden Eagle”
Aquila chrysaëtos
Engraved caption: AQUILA CHRYSAÈTOS, Briss
Modern identification
Aquila chrysaetos
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Aquila chrysaëtos = Golden Eagle; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 6
Who made the plate
J. Wolf and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
