Printed on the plate
“Numidian Demoiselle”
Anthropoïdes Virgo
Engraved caption: Numidian Demoiselle Anthropoides Virgo (Vieill.)
Modern identification
Grus virgo
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Cranes · Gruidae
Why
Demoiselle Crane
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
E. Lear del et lithPrinted by C. Hullmandel
- Edward Lear drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
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