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Queensland Bower-bird

Chlamydodera orientalis

Today: Great Bowerbird

John Gould, plate 44

From Birds of New Guinea (incl. Birds of Paradise), Vol. 1

The print

Technique
Facsimile giclée
Sheet
22 × 15 in, original size
Format
Imperial folio
Paper
White etching paper, 270 g/m²
Ink
Archival ink
Edition
Limited to 250 prints

$185

Limited edition of 250

€165 incl. VAT in the EU

Plus $45 shipping, import duties included. Free from $500 or 3 prints.

Reproduced from an original copy of Birds of New Guinea (incl. Birds of Paradise), Vol. 1.

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  • Unframed, rolled in a hard carton tube
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A facsimile of the original sheet
  • Photographed from an original copy of Birds of New Guinea (incl. Birds of Paradise), Vol. 1.
  • Proofed against that sheet under daylight, until the colours match.
  • Printed at the full size of the sheet, with its margins and lettering, in an edition of 250.

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Queensland Bower-bird shown in a black and gold frame
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About this plate

Queensland Bower-bird (Chlamydodera orientalis) is plate 44 of Birds of New Guinea (incl. Birds of Paradise), Vol. 1 by John Gould (1875–1888). Today the species is known as the Great Bowerbird. This facsimile is made from the original and printed at the size of the original sheet, 22 × 15 in (56 × 38 cm).

About the original

The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands (1875-1888) was the last great work of John Gould (1804-1881): 320 hand-coloured lithographs in five volumes, with many birds of paradise, bowerbirds and parrots. Gould completed twelve of the 25 parts; Richard Bowdler Sharpe, his assistant, finished it after his death.

Volume 1 of five holds birds of prey and hawk-owls, the birds of paradise and manucodes, catbirds and bowerbirds, drongos and wood-shrikes. Its birds of paradise also form the collection Birds of Paradise, Vol. 1.

Title
Birds of New Guinea (incl. Birds of Paradise), Vol. 1
Published
1875-1888
Format
Imperial folio
In our collection
54 prints
Photograph of John Gould standing beside a table
John Gould (1804-1881).

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Toothed-billed Bower-bird, plate 43 of Birds of New Guinea (incl. Birds of Paradise), Vol. 1 by John Gould

Toothed-billed Bower-bird

Gould, plate 43

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Large-frilled Bower-bird, plate 45 of Birds of New Guinea (incl. Birds of Paradise), Vol. 1 by John Gould

Large-frilled Bower-bird

Gould, plate 45

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Gardener Bower-bird, plate 46 of Birds of New Guinea (incl. Birds of Paradise), Vol. 1 by John Gould

Gardener Bower-bird

Gould, plate 46

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

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