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Antique Bird Print of the White-Billed Wood-Shrike of Papua by Gould, ca.1880
€970 ($1,085, £820, €970)
Period original, not a reproduction.
Shipped from the Netherlands, flat, insured and tracked, worldwide. Returns accepted within 14 days.
- 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
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
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.
