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Porphyrio Collection

Background imagePorphyrio Collection: South Island Takahe, Porphyrio hochestetteri

South Island Takahe, Porphyrio hochestetteri. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.2 Plate 33 Date: 1888

Background imagePorphyrio Collection: Dancing lady orchid, Trichocentrum porphyrio

Dancing lady orchid, Trichocentrum porphyrio. Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1884

Background imagePorphyrio Collection: Purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinicus

Purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinicus (Martinico gallinule, Gallinula martinica). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Background imagePorphyrio Collection: Moorhen and purple swamphen

Moorhen and purple swamphen
Common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus 1, and purple swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio 2. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Background imagePorphyrio Collection: Violet or blue lorikeet, Vini peruviana

Violet or blue lorikeet, Vini peruviana.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Background imagePorphyrio Collection: Violet lorikeet, Vini peruviana Vulnerable

Violet lorikeet, Vini peruviana Vulnerable
Violet lorikeet, Vini peruviana. Vulnerable.. Handcolored steel engraving by Joseph Kidd from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thomas Browns Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots, Edinburgh, 1833

Background imagePorphyrio Collection: Common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus, and purple

Common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus, and purple swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology

Background imagePorphyrio Collection: Porphyrio porphirio poliocephalus, purple swamphen

Porphyrio porphirio poliocephalus, purple swamphen
Plate 93, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Background imagePorphyrio Collection: Porphyrio albus, Lord Howe swamphen

Porphyrio albus, Lord Howe swamphen
Drawing No. 73, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Background imagePorphyrio Collection: Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus, purple swamphen

Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus, purple swamphen
Watercolour 331 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Black-jointed Gallinule, Goo la warring

Background imagePorphyrio Collection: Porphyrio martinica, purple galinule

Porphyrio martinica, purple galinule
Plate 305 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London


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