Original Old Hand-Colored Print of the Australian Queensland Bower Bird, ca.1880

Reference
BG-06234
Date
1880
Region
Australia & Oceania
Category
Natural History Print
Sheet size
38.5 x 55.5 cm (15.2 x 21.9 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 793

Antique bird print titled 'Chlamydodera Orientalis'.

This print depicts the Queensland bower bird. Originates from John Gould's 'Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands' published 1875-1888.

Artists and Engravers: John Gould (1804 - 1881) was an English ornithologist and bird artist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates that he produced with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart.

Condition: Good, minor defects. Pinholes in the top, just above the image. Please study image carefully.

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