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C1911
EASTERN PURPLE SWAMPHEN
Artist:
John Gerrard Keulemans (1842 - 1912)
First described: Linne 1758. 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 … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
EASTERN PURPLE SWAMPHEN
Date:
C1911
Artist:
John Gerrard Keulemans (1842 - 1912)
Engraver:
Witherby & Co
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Lithograph with original handcolouring.
Image Size:
240mm
x 335mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1911
Description:
First described: Linne 1758.
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.
Biography:
Johannes Gerard Keulemans (1842-1912)
Keulemans was a Dutch bird artist and illustrator.
He 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 Keulemans and sent 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.
