Print from "The Birds of Great Britain", Caprimulgus Europaeus, Nightjar or Goatsucker
London: Wm. Hart, H. C. Richter and Joseph Wolf, 1862-1873. Print from "The Birds of Great Britain", Caprimulgus Europaeus, Nightjar or Goatsucker
Original plate from John Gould's masterpiece "The Birds of Great Britain. Plate measures 15 1/4 x 22 inches. Stab holes along bottom edge. Light corner bends and light soiling. Four extremely light indentions in sky area, only visible at certain angles. Fine hand-coloring enhanced with gum arabic. Very good condition.
Published between 1862 and 1873, "The Birds of Great Britain" was published by Wm. Hart, H. C. Richter and Joseph Wolf from drawings by Hart, Richter, Gould and Wolf, but John Gould executed the majority of the plates. The work is recognized as one of the finest and most comprehensive record of native birds at that time and rivaled John James Audubon's "Birds of North America."
Includes the two-page description which accompanied the plate in "The Birds of Great Britain". The description concludes, "The plate represents a male, a female, and the two young ones a few days old, of the size of life." Item #2376
Price: $250.00