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Theodore Jasper
Theodore Jasper (13 July 1814, in Prussia – 6 June 1897, in Columbus, Ohio) was a portrait painter and photographic colorist active in Columbus, Ohio from circa 1866 to 1883. From the 1840s to the 1860s he worked in New York and Connecticut (Haverstock, 2000). His paintings formed the basis for '' Studer's Popular Ornithology'', a late 19th-century work that had several editions with chromolithographic copies of Jasper's art. References and external links Theodore Jasper– Cornell University Birds of North America(1903 edition of ''Studer's Popular Ornithology'') from University of Wisconsin A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ..., Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture * Mary Sayre Haverstock, Jeannette Mahoney Vance, Brian L. Meggitt, Jeffrey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campephilus PrincipalisAYP026B
''Campephilus'' is a genus of large American woodpeckers in the family Picidae. Taxonomy The genus ''Campephilus'' was introduced by English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840, with the ivory-billed woodpecker (''Campephilus principalis'') as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ''kampē'' meaning "caterpillar" and ''philos'' meaning "loving". The genus is placed in the tribe (biology), tribe Campephilini in the subfamily Picinae and is sister taxon, sister to a clade containing woodpeckers from Southeast Asia in the genera ''Chrysocolaptes'', ''Blythipicus'', and ''Orange-backed woodpecker, Reinwardtipicus''. Species The genus contains 12 species: A fossil species, ''C. dalquesti'', was described from bones found in Late Pleistocene deposits of Scurry County, Texas. Notes References {{Authority control Campephilus, Bird genera Birds of the Americas Taxa named by George Robert Gray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
