1888 Pied Flycatcher, John Gould (b1804), magnificent hand coloured lithograph, ornithology

Gould, John and Richard Bowdler Sharpe. 

The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands...

Piezorhynchus Squalmulatus.

London, 1875-1888.

Paper Size: 

380mm x 550mm (minor edge wear, otherwise perfect)

Original lithograph hand-colored at publication. 

Superb lithograph of the White-collared monarch from John Gould’s final work: The Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia.