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C1914
CURLEW SANDPIPER
Superb lithograph with original hand colouring of the Curley Stint from the last great series on Australian ornithology, The Birds of Australia by G. Matthew’s. This series is rarer than John Gould’s work on Australian birds, with only 225 sets made. It … Read Full Description
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S/N: BI-AA-MATH-162–224971
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Full Title:
CURLEW SANDPIPER
Date:
C1914
Engraver:
Witherby & Co
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Lithograph with original hand colouring and gum Arabic highlights.
Image Size:
335mm
x 240mm
Paper Size:
341mm
x 242mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1914
Description:
Superb lithograph with original hand colouring of the Curley Stint from the last great series on Australian ornithology, The Birds of Australia by G. Matthew’s.
This series is rarer than John Gould’s work on Australian birds, with only 225 sets made. It was the last series produced using the laborious process of hand colouring of each individual lithograph.
Distribution: Australia wide. Migrates to Australia from Siberia in winter. First described by Pontoppidan 1763.
John Gerrard Keulemans (1842 - 1912)
Keulemans was born in Rotterdam and as a young man he collected animal specimens for museums such as the Natural History Museum in Leiden, whose director, Hermann Schlegel, encouraged him by sending him on the 1864 expedition to West Africa. In 1869, he was persuaded by Richard Bowdler Sharpe to illustrate his Monograph of the Alcedinidae, or Family of Kingfishers (1868-1871) and to move to England, where he lived for the rest of his life.
