Printed on the plate
“Golden Eagle”
Aquila chrysaëta
Engraved caption: Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaeta (Briss.)
Modern identification
Aquila chrysaetos
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Aquila chrysaëta Briss. = Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagle); same species, older binomial
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
E. Lear del et lithog.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- Edward Lear drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
