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Superb lithograph of the Latham’s Snipe from the last great bird series made using the laborious process of hand colouring of each individual lithograph. The series is rarer than John Gould’s work on Australian birds, with only 225 sets made. From … Read Full Description
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Superb lithograph of the Latham’s Snipe from the last great bird series made using the laborious process of hand colouring of each individual lithograph. The series is rarer than John Gould’s work on Australian birds, with only 225 sets made.
From Gregory Matthews, The Birds of Australia. by G. Matthews.
Common name: Latham’s Snipe
Binomial name: Gallinago hardwickii
First described: Gray 1831
Distribution: Migrates to Australia from Japan in winter. Australia wide.
Collections:
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers: MRB/F598.2/M
State Library Victoria: RARESF 598.2994 M42
State Library South Australia: Rare Books Room 598.294 M429 b
State Library of Western Australia: Call Number Q 598.2994 MAT
National Library Australia: Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK9772
State Library Queensland: RBF 598.2994 MAT
National Museum of Australia: Call no: AIA F 598.2994 MAT
References:
Anker, J. Bird Books and Bird Art. Amsterdam 1979 328; Nissen IVB 605.
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995 IVB 605.
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.
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