{"product_id":"gould-john","title":"Gould John","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDate: 1875 -1888\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist: Gould John\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLithographer: Hart William\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: 535 x 370mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: very good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnique: lithograph, later hand colouring before sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrice: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription Beautiful original lithograph, hand-colouring completed by Gould's wife, this digital image does not do justice to this fine antique print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvinance:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOriginal hand-coloured lithograph by William Hart for 'The Bird Man' John Gould's \u003ci\u003eBirds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many species recently discovered in Australia\u003c\/i\u003e, published in London between 1875 and 1888.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBiography:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e John Gould employed the finest lithographers of the day to create large hand-coloured lithographs that are some of the finest bird illustrations ever done. Gould had an excellent eye for detail, and closely supervised the work of his lithographers.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBirds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands\u003c\/i\u003e was Gould’s last great work. Around 250 of each bird lithograph were published. The work was completed with the assistance of Gould's friend and associate Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847-1909), who was in charge of the bird collection at the British Museum where he was Assistant Keeper of the Department of Zoology, and finalised publication after Gould died.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAll of John Gould's works were sold coloured.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Antiquarian Print Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31934118461526,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/antiquarianprintshop.com\/products\/gould-john","provider":"Antiquarian Print Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}