C1924

LITTLE TREECREEPER

Artist:

Henrik Gronvold (1858 - 1940)

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S/N: BI-AA-MATH-501–224523

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Full Title:

LITTLE TREECREEPER

Date:

C1924

Artist:

Henrik Gronvold (1858 - 1940)

Engraver:

Witherby & Co

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Lithograph with original hand colouring.

Image Size:

335mm

x 240mm

Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:

1924

Description:

Distribution: QLD. First described by Ramsay Tab. List. Austr. Birds. 1891. Danish born artist who after studying entered the military as a draughtsman. On leaving Denmark he obtained work at the British History Museum in London. 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. Original lithograph. Rare.

Henrik Gronvold (1858 - 1940)

Gronvold was a Danish born artist who, after studying, entered the military as a draughtsman. On leaving Denmark he obtained work at the British History Museum in London. This image is from the last great bird series, The Birds of Australia by G. Matthews 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.

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