Printed on the plate
“Widgeon”
Mareca Penelope
Engraved caption: Wigeon Anas Penelope (Linn.); Mareca Penelope (Selby)
Modern identification
Mareca penelope
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Eurasian Wigeon
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.
