Printed on the plate
“Rock Dove”
Columba livia
Engraved caption: Rock Dove Columba livia (Linn.)
Modern identification
Columba livia
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Why
anchor, verified on the plate
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by J. & E. Gould.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Elizabeth Gould drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
