Printed on the plate
“Great Horned or Eagle Owl”
Bubo maximus
Engraved caption: Eagle Owl Bubo maximus (Sibbald)
Modern identification
Bubo bubo
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owls · Strigidae
Why
Bubo maximus Sibb. = Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn on Stone by E. Lear.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- Edward Lear lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
