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C1911
Hypotaenida Brachypus. (Slate Breasted Rail).
This lithograph of Lewin’s Rail is from the last great bird series, The Birds of Australia by G. Matthews and rarer than John Gould’s work on Australian birds, with only 225 sets made. It was the last series produced using … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Hypotaenida Brachypus. (Slate Breasted Rail).
Date:
C1911
Engraver:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Lithograph with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
335mm
x 240mm
Paper Size:
336mm
x 242mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1911
Description:
This lithograph of Lewin’s Rail is from the last great bird series, The Birds of Australia by G. Matthews and 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 each individual lithograph..
This series is rarer than John Gould’s work on Australian birds, with only 225 sets done and was the to use hand colouring for the lithographs.
Common name: Lewins Rail
Binomial name: Lewinia pectoralis brachipus
First described: Temminck 1831
Distribution: Australia
Binomial name: Lewinia pectoralis brachipus
First described: Temminck 1831
Distribution: Australia
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.
