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Original Old Hand-Colored Print of the Australian Queensland Bower Bird, ca.1880
Original Old Hand-Colored Print of the Australian Queensland Bower Bird, ca.1880, view 2

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Original Old Hand-Colored Print of the Australian Queensland Bower Bird, ca.1880, close-up 1Original Old Hand-Colored Print of the Australian Queensland Bower Bird, ca.1880, close-up 2

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Original Old Hand-Colored Print of the Australian Queensland Bower Bird, ca.1880, shown framedOriginal Old Hand-Colored Print of the Australian Queensland Bower Bird, ca.1880, shown framed on a wallOriginal Old Hand-Colored Print of the Australian Queensland Bower Bird, ca.1880, shown framed in a room

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

$885 (£670, €793)

Period original, not a reproduction.

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Date
1880
Size
15.2 × 21.9 in (38.5 × 55.5 cm)
Condition
Good
Period
Late 19th century
Artist or book
John Gould
Section
Birds
Reference
f_26680182

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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