Description: Antique Gould & Richter Impression by Hullmandel Bird Lithograph Flame Robin Petroica Phoenicea. Measures 16" x 23". Fine condition with normal age toning - see detailed photos. There are no tiny dots as found in modern printing methods, guaranteed a genuine old original Gould bird print. One of three Gould birds we are listing tonight. John Gould FRS (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist who published monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by 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. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Gould's work is referenced in Charles Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species.The University of Glasgow, which owns a copy of Birds of Great Britain, describes John Gould as "the greatest figure in bird illustration after Audubon. Gould was not directly responsible for the illustrations himself, although he supervised their production closely." Auctioneers Sotherans describe the work as "Gould's pride and joy".When Elizabeth Gould died in 1841, John Gould hired Henry Constantine Richter to help with the drawing and lithographic work previously done by his wife. Over the next seven years Richter used the skins and drawings John and Elizabeth had brought from Australia to produce the majority of the 681 plates for The Birds of Australia. Charles Joseph Hullmandel (15 June 1789 – 15 November 1850) was born in London, where he maintained a lithographic establishment on Great Marlborough Street from about 1819 until his death.In 1843 he went into partnership with Joseph Fowell Walton (born 1812, living 1863), a cousin of the landscape artist and lithographer William Louis Walton, the firm then becoming known as Hullmandel & Walton.
Price: 95 USD
Location: Weymouth, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-11-19T18:27:07.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Print
Subject: Birds
