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C1888
Grey Kiwi
Artist:
Johannes Gerard Keulemans (1842 - 1912)
Modern common name Little Spotted Kiwi or Little Gray Kiwi Modern binomial name Apteryx owenii First described Gould 1847 Distribution Originally endemic to the South Island After they were released on Kapiti Island at the turn of the C20th, they … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Grey Kiwi
Date:
C1888
Artist:
Johannes Gerard Keulemans (1842 - 1912)
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
225mm
x 265mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1888
Description:
Modern common name Little Spotted Kiwi or Little Gray Kiwi
Modern binomial name Apteryx owenii
First described Gould 1847
Distribution Originally endemic to the South Island
After they were released on Kapiti Island at the turn of the C20th, they were also moved to Red Mercury Island, Hen Island, Tiritiri Matangi Island, and Long Island in the Queen Charlotte Sound. In 2000, about 20 little spotted kiwis were released into Karori Wildlife Sanctuary.
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.
