Malachite Kingfisher

• Malachite Kingfisher
• Blue-eared Kingfisher (former title)
• Bataviaas visvangend vogeltje (former title)

NG-1985-7-2-61

Kleurtekening van een Malachietijsvogel (Corythornis cristatus) op ware grootte. De ijsvogel komt voor in Afrika. Met opschrift. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 2 (1808), p. 93.

inscription: ‘batavisch visvangend vogeltje waare groote / Alcedo caeruleo-cephala.’

draughtsman: Jan Brandes, Afrika

1779-01-23 - 1785-08-26

waterverf over schets in potlood, penseel in kleuren

height 195 mm x width 155 mm

Public domain

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