Three-Banded Sandgrouse, Female, Plate 23

A hand-colored engraving of a female sandgrouse standing on grass, shown in profile facing left. Its mottled brown back and head contrast with barred gray-and-cream underparts and long pale legs, with faint sketched shrubs behind it. The printed caption and plate number appear at the top right and bottom center.

Artist

William Home Lizars

Date

1837

Medium

Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1272 × 1920 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum