C1919

Cacomantis Castaneiventris. (Chestnut-Breasted Cuckoo)

Artist:

Henrik Gronvold (1858 - 1940)

$A 75

Distribution: QLD. Confiend to rainforest tracts and wet gullies of eastern Cape York Peninsula. First described by Gould Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist 1867. This image is from the last great bird series, The Birds of Australia by G. Matthew’s and … Read Full Description

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S/N: BI-AA-MATH-353–200678

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Full Title:

Cacomantis Castaneiventris. (Chestnut-Breasted Cuckoo)

Date:

C1919

Artist:

Henrik Gronvold (1858 - 1940)

Engraver:

Witherby & Co

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Lithograph with original hand colouring.

Image Size:

240mm

x 335mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1919

Description:

Distribution: QLD. Confiend to rainforest tracts and wet gullies of eastern Cape York Peninsula.

First described by Gould Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist 1867.

This image is from the last great bird series, The Birds of Australia by G. Matthew’s and is rarer than John Gould’s work on Australian birds, with only 225 sets done. It was the last series produced to use hand colouring rather than colour printed lithography for the illustrations. Rare.

Henrik Gronvold (1858 - 1940)

Gronvold was a Danish born artist who, after studying, entered the military as a draughtsman. On leaving Denmark he obtained work at the British History Museum in London. This image is from the last great bird series, The Birds of Australia by G. Matthews and is rarer than John Gould’s work on Australian birds, with only 225 sets done. It was the last series produced to use hand colouring rather than colour printed lithography for the illustrations.

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