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C1913
Sterna fulginosa. (Sooty Tern).
Superb lithograph with original hand colouring of the Sooty tern from the last great series on Australian ornithology, The Birds of Australia by G. Matthew’s. This series is rarer than John Gould’s work on Australian birds, with only 225 sets made. It … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Sterna fulginosa. (Sooty Tern).
Date:
C1913
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Lithograph with original hand colouring.
Paper Size:
335mm
x 240mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1913
Description:
Superb lithograph with original hand colouring of the Sooty tern from the last great series on Australian ornithology, The Birds of Australia by G. Matthew’s.
This series is 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 of each individual lithograph.
Common name: Sooty tern
Modern binomial name: Onychoprion fuscatus
First described: Linne, 1766
Distribution: Houtman Albrolhos WA north to Great Barrier reef QLD.
First described: Linne, 1766
Distribution: Houtman Albrolhos WA north to Great Barrier reef QLD.
References:
Anker, J. Bird Books and Bird Art. Amsterdam 1979 : 328.
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995 : IVB 605.
Collections:
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers: MRB/F598.2/M
State Library Victoria: RARESF 598.2994 M42
State Library of Western Australia: Call Number Q 598.2994 MAT
State Library South Australia: Rare Books Room 598.294 M429
National Library Australia: Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK9772
State Library Queensland: RBF 598.2994
National Museum of Australia: Call no: AIA F 598.2994 MAT
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.
