Nasiterna Pusio [Parakeet].
Stock Code 60826
Walter 1875-88.
Original price
$463.00
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Original price
$463.00
Original price
$463.00
$463.00
$463.00
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$463.00
Current price
$463.00
From the "Birds of New Guinea".
John Gould is widely considered the grearest and most ambitious of all Victorian ornithologists, combining both artistic skill and beauty and anatomical accuracy. Following in the great tradition of Natural History illustrators, such as Barraband and Audubon, Gould enlisted the services of some of the most notable ornithological artists, including Edward Lea, Joseph Wolf and his own wife Elizabeth to compile the most outstanding and comprehensive bodies of work in this field. Comprising of eighteen major works he illustrated the birds of the world, from Asia, New Guinea, Europe, and Great Britain to the Families of Toucans, Trogons and Hummingbirds.
Lithograph with fine later hand-colour. Good condition. Dimensions: 560 x 385mm. (22 x 15.25 inches).
John Gould is widely considered the grearest and most ambitious of all Victorian ornithologists, combining both artistic skill and beauty and anatomical accuracy. Following in the great tradition of Natural History illustrators, such as Barraband and Audubon, Gould enlisted the services of some of the most notable ornithological artists, including Edward Lea, Joseph Wolf and his own wife Elizabeth to compile the most outstanding and comprehensive bodies of work in this field. Comprising of eighteen major works he illustrated the birds of the world, from Asia, New Guinea, Europe, and Great Britain to the Families of Toucans, Trogons and Hummingbirds.
Lithograph with fine later hand-colour. Good condition. Dimensions: 560 x 385mm. (22 x 15.25 inches).
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