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Antique Bird Print of the White-Billed Wood-Shrike of Papua by Gould, ca.1880
Antique Bird Print of the White-Billed Wood-Shrike of Papua by Gould, ca.1880, view 2
Antique Bird Print of the White-Billed Wood-Shrike of Papua by Gould, ca.1880, view 3

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Antique Bird Print of the White-Billed Wood-Shrike of Papua by Gould, ca.1880, close-up 1

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Antique Bird Print of the White-Billed Wood-Shrike of Papua by Gould, ca.1880, shown framed

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Antique Bird Print of the White-Billed Wood-Shrike of Papua by Gould, ca.1880

€970 ($1,085, £820, €970)

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Date
1880
Size
22 × 15.2 in (56 × 38.5 cm)
Condition
Good. Minor defects. Please study image carefully.
Period
Late 19th century
Artist or book
John Gould
Section
Birds
Reference
f_26935922

Antique bird print titled 'Rectes Leucorhynchus'.

This print depicts the White-billed Wood-Shrike. 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.