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The concave helmeted Caloa
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J.G. Hoare (19th Century)
The concave helmeted Caloa
signed 'J.G Hoare' (lower right) and inscribed 'THE CONCAVE HELMETED CALOA' and further inscribed 'This was bought from Ramoo in the lower part of the Chittayong province, and tho' the Bill answers the description given/By Buffore yet the plumage is very different. Its supposed that, there is an excrescence infront of the concave part which shuts it up./This drawing is one third of the real size - by J.G Hoare' (lower centre)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, and heightened with white
16½ x 14½in. (41.7 x 36.8cm.)
and a watercolour of The Head, full size of the concave Helmet'd. Caloa. by the same hand (2)
The concave helmeted Caloa
signed 'J.G Hoare' (lower right) and inscribed 'THE CONCAVE HELMETED CALOA' and further inscribed 'This was bought from Ramoo in the lower part of the Chittayong province, and tho' the Bill answers the description given/By Buffore yet the plumage is very different. Its supposed that, there is an excrescence infront of the concave part which shuts it up./This drawing is one third of the real size - by J.G Hoare' (lower centre)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, and heightened with white
16½ x 14½in. (41.7 x 36.8cm.)
and a watercolour of The Head, full size of the concave Helmet'd. Caloa. by the same hand (2)
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