Lesser Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea minor), by Youqua

An image of Album. Birds. Lesser Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea minor). Youqua (Chinese, ac.1840-1870). Watercolour, bodycolour and ink with heightening in white on pith paper, laid down with with strips of blue silk-covered paper. Height 250 mm, width 337 mm. Part album containing 12 watercolours on pith paper, 4171. Production Note: Export album made for the Western market.

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Album. Birds. Lesser Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea minor). Youqua (Chinese, ac.1840-1870). Watercolour, bodycolour and ink with heightening in white on pith paper, laid down with with strips of blue silk-covered paper. Height 250 mm, width 337 mm. Part album containing 12 watercolours on pith paper, 4171. Production Note: Export album made for the Western market.

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Accession Number: 4171(5)
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 797 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 107.60kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:06:15 15:30:20

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19th Century album bird of paradise birds Chinese Fitz_PDP ornithological ornithology paper pith paper yellow Youqua

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