H. C. Richter after John Gould.

SURNIA FUNEREA (Hawk Owl).

Lithograph in meticulous hand colour, drawn on stone by Henry Constantine Richter after John Gould and published in Gould's "Birds of Great Britain" in London between 1862 and 1873.

Chinese watercolour

Brace of Oriental Pheasants

A beautiful Chinese watercolour depicting a brace of oriental pheasants in an exotic setting, painted in southern China circa 1860.

Edward Lear

Calyptorhynchus Baudinii [Baudin's Cockatoo]

A lithograph with original, hand coloured tinting, drawn and lithographed by Edward Lear and published in London, 1832.

Charles Turner

Snipes [&] Woodcocks

A pair of colour printed mezzotints representing the 3rd and 4th plates from "The British Feather Game", published in London in 1810 by Rudolph Ackermann at his Repository of Arts.

Daniel Giraud Elliot

Short Billed Bowater

Lithograph in full original colour, drawn and lithographed by Elliot and published in New York and Philadelphia between 1866 and 1869.

Daniel Giraud Elliot

Caspian Tern

Lithograph in full original colour, drawn and lithographed by Elliot and published in New York and Philadelphia between 1866 and 1869.

Daniel Giraud Elliot

Divers

Lithograph in full original colour, drawn and lithographed by Elliot and published in New York and Philadelphia between 1866 and 1869.

Daniel Giraud Elliot

Gulls

Lithograph in full original colour, drawn and lithographed by Elliot and published in New York and Philadelphia between 1866 and 1869.

John & Elizabeth Gould.

[Moorhen] The Common Gallinule.

A lithograph in original hand colour, drawn on stone by H. C. Richter after the drawings by John and Elizabeth Gould and published in John Gould's 'Birds of Europe' between 1832 and 1837.

Prideaux John Selby.

The Grey Lapwing.

A large scale copper plate etching with original hand colour, by P. J. Selby and William Lizars after Selby's original drawing, published in London in 1834.

Prideaux John Selby

Jer Falcon

An imposing copper plate etching with original hand colour, by P. J. Selby after the drawing by R. Mitford, dated 1821 and published as a part of his collective work The Illustrations of British Ornithology, in London in 1834.

Rev. William Thomas Greene

Pair of Parrots and Parakeet

Red Vented Parrot
Swift Parakeet

A decorative pair of chromo~xylographs of parrots in original colour from a larger series entitled Parrots in Captivity published in London in 1884

Carl Brodtmann

Der Africanishe Straus and Der Casuar ~
[The Ostrich & The Cassowary]

A pair of hand coloured lithographs by Carl Joseph Brodtmann, published in Zurich in the 1830's.

John and Elizabeth Gould

Common Cormorant
Phalacrocorax Carbo

A lithograph in original hand colour; drawn and lithographed by John and Elizabeth Gould and published in their magnificent opus Birds of Europe in London between 1832 and 1837.

Elizabeth Gould

[Himalayan Monal Pheasant] Lophophorus Impevanus

A scarce lithograph in striking original hand colour; drawn and lithographed by Elizabeth Gould and published in London in 1831.

Anonymous.

[Set of six Japanese woodcuts of birds.]

Six woodcuts with hand colour, published in Japan c.1880.

Johann Seligmann after George Edwards

FALCO Americanus maculates and AQUILA cauda alba Americana

Etching in original hand colour engraved by Johann Seligmann (1720-1762) after the life drawing of the English Natural Historian, George Edwards; published in Germany circa 1760.

Xaverio Manetti

Merlo in gran parte bianco

A copper-plate etching in original hand-colouring, published in Florence in 1767-76.

John Selby

Little Bustard

Etching in original hand colour published in P. J. Selby's "Illustrations of British Ornithology" in London in 1834.

John Selby

Ptarmigan

Etching in original hand colour published in P. J. Selby's "Illustrations of British Ornithology" in London in 1834.

John Gould

Buff-Breasted Tringa

Lithograph in full original hand colour issued in John Gould's "Birds of Europe" in London between 1832 and 1837.

John Gould

Whimbrel

Lithograph in full original hand colour issued in John Gould's "Birds of Europe" in London between 1832 and 1837.

Edward Julius Detmold

Cockerel

A magnificent, large scale etching of a Cockerel or Rooster; published in London in 1901.

Jacques Barraband

Pair of Parrots:
Le Perroquet a franges souci male
Variete du Perroquet a taches souci

A pair of colour printed stipple engraving by Jacques Barraband published in Paris between 1801 and 1805.

John Frederick MILLER

Birds of Paradise

A pair of copper plate engravings in full original hand colour; painted, engraved and also published by J. F. Miller and issued in his Cimelia Physica, in London in 1776.

Benjamin WATERHOUSE HAWKINS.

Strix Coromanra, Lath Coromandel Owl. Lath Coromandel.

Lithograph with fine original colour, by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-1894) for John Edward Gray's "Illustrations of Indian Zoology", London 1830-34.

Xaverio MANETTI

Falcons

A pair of copper-plate etchings in original hand-colouring, published in Florence in 1767-76.

John Frederick MILLER

Parrots

A pair of copper plate engravings in full original hand colour; painted, engraved and also published by J. F. Miller and issued in his Cimelia Physica, in London in 1776.

Mark Catesby.

Le Grand Heron hupe.

An etching in full original colour issued in 'Verzameling van Uitlandsche… Vogelen', published in Amsterdam between 1772 and 1781.

John Gould and H. C. Richter,

Dendrocygna Arcuata. (The Whistling Duck)

A lithograph by Gould and Richter in exceptionally vibrant original hand colour, published in Gould's magnificent opus 'The Birds of Australia' in London between 1840 and 48.

Charles Bonnet

Serins Male et Female

A soft ground etching by Charles Bonnet printed in sepia ink and published in Paris in 1770.

John Gould

Tadorna Radjah

A magnificent lithograph in original hand colour depicting the Radjah Shelduck (Tadorna Radjah). This plate was drawn and lithographed by J. Gould and H. C. Richter and appeared in Gould’s famous ornithological collection, The Birds of Australia, published in London between 1840 and 1869.

John and Elizabeth Gould

HYBRID GROUSE

A lithograph in original colour published in London between 1832 and 37.

Daniel Giraud ELLIOT

1. EUPLOCOMUS ALBO-CRISTATUS ~ White Crested Kaleege
2. EUPLOCAMUS NOBILIS ~ Bornean Fire Back

A magnificent pair of hand coloured lithographs by Wolf, Smit and Keulemans published as part of Elliot’s famous work, A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants, in New York in 1872.

Prideaux John SELBY

Bittern

A copper plate etching with original hand colour, by P. J. Selby and William Lizars after Selby’s original drawings, published in London in 1834.

Prideaux John SELBY

Goosander (male)

A copper plate etching with original hand colour, by P. J. Selby and William Lizars after Selby’s original drawings, published in London in 1834.

Prideaux John SELBY

Black Scooter. Male.

Copper plate etching with original hand colour, by P. J. Selby and William Lizars after Selby’s original drawings.18½ x 22¼".

Pass and Barlow after George Edwards

The Yellow Crested Cockatoo

A charming and quirky hand coloured etching by Pass after the drawing of the famous English ornithologist, George Edwards; published in London in 1798.

Pass and Barlow after George Edwards

Pair of Owls

1. The Passerina or Little Owl
2. The Great Horned Owl

A charming pair of hand coloured etchings by Pass and Barlow after the drawings of the famous English ornithologist, George Edwards; published in London in 1798.