Lyngipicus Doerriesi, Hargitt. [John GOULD-HART, c.1881]

Lyngipicus Doerriesi, Hargitt.

Crayon style lithograph with hand colouring on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 38,5 x 52,5 cm. Image size: 25 x 38 cm.

From Gould’s “The Birds of Asia”, London, 1850-1883.

Made by John Gould and William Hart after own design. 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. He has been considered the father of bird study in Australia and the Gould League in Australia is named after him. Gould portrayed birds native to Europe in a manner that had only been thought appropriate for the colorful species of distant places. In this way he managed to draw much popular interest back to native birds, which were suddenly considered equally beautiful to exotic species.

Condition: Good, given age. Very light ghosting from framing. Horizontal fold at bottom. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: DOERRIES’ PYGMY WOODPECKER

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