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Postcards
VBI-0220
GREEN TODY (TODUS VIRIDIS)
₹400
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Details
- Publisher / Photographer
- H. Grönvold (original drawing)
- Year
- 1900's
- Publisher / Printer
- Not specified
- Location
- Not specified
- Subjects
- Birds · Green tody · Natural history · Ornithological illustration · British Museum (Natural History)
- Size
- 5.5 x 3.5 in
Description
Colour illustrated postcard depicting a green tody perched among leafy branches, its long pointed bill raised and its red throat prominently displayed. The caption identifies the bird as “Todus viridis” and states that the illustration is half natural size, from a drawing by H. Grönvold. The lower margin bears the name British Museum (Natural History), reference C 34, and the printer’s credit to Henry Stone & Son Ltd.
Condition
Good