Description
Description of John Gould's Birds of New Guinea
These original hand-colored lithographs come from John Gould's Birds of New Guinea, published between 1875 and 1888. John Gould is considered to be one of the finest illustrators of birds of all time. Being his last published work, New Guinea illustrates the amount of perfection that Gould had acquired throughout his life in depicting birds both beautifully and accurately in their native environments. While working on New Guinea, it is rumored that Gould was speared by one of the natives. New Guinea's birds are extremely beautiful and are exciting to behold. They are on fine heavy-stock paper that measures ~ 15" by 22".