Joseph Wolf (1820-1899)

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Joseph Wolf (1820-1899)

Black-bellied Plover
Squatarola helvetica
Pluvialis squatarola
(Linnaeus)

signed and dated 'J. Wolf/1856' and numbered '4.36.'; pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour
13 1/8 x 19½in. (334 x 496mm.)
Literature
J. Gould, op.cit., IV, pl.36

Lot Essay

Adult birds depicted in summer plumage.

See lot 126 for a note on this plover and the distribution

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