H.C. Richter & the Platypus. The artist who did more work for Gould than any of the other associated artists except Elizabeth Gould was H. C. Richter.
Richter's drawing of the Duck-Billed Platypus, demonstrating his success at handling mammalian and avian characteristics in one animal. Duck-Billed Platypus
The finished hand-colored lithographic print, in The Mammals of Australia, vol. 1, plate 1. Duck-Billed Platypus

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