Copy of Bird - Gould, John, 1875 - 1888
Regular price
$650.00
Sale
Date: 1875 -1888
Artist: Gould John
Lithographer: Hart William
Printer: Richter, H C
Size: 535 x 370mm
Price: $650
Condition: Good,
Note: Slight shading at the bottom of photograph is a shadow left from when photography was done. Hand colouring before sale.
Description: Beautiful original lithograph, hand-colouring completed by Gould's wife, Elizabeth. This digital image does not do justice to this fine original antique print.
Provinance:
Commonly called Ewings Fruit Pigeon
Original hand-coloured lithograph by William Hart for 'The Bird Man' John Gould's Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many species recently discovered in Australia, published in London between 1875 and 1888.
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