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Bird prints

Bird plates by eight naturalists, from Audubon’s life-size The Birds of America to Gould’s hummingbirds, Elliot’s pheasants and Levaillant’s parrots, first published between the 1740s and the 1880s. Each print is a facsimile giclée made from the originals, at the size of the original sheet, in a numbered edition of 250.

1,156 prints

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Lady Amherst’s Pheasant, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Lady Amherst’s Pheasant

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Lesser Florikin, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Lesser Florikin

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Lineated Pheasant, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Lineated Pheasant

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Little Hemipode, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Little Hemipode

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Little Red-billed Partridge, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Little Red-billed Partridge

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

MacQeen’s Bustard, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

MacQeen’s Bustard

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Malayan Peacock Pheasant, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Malayan Peacock Pheasant

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Mandarin Duck, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Mandarin Duck

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Minute Quail, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Minute Quail

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Monal, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Monal

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Mongolian Pheasant, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Mongolian Pheasant

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Mou-pin Snow-Partridge, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Mou-pin Snow-Partridge

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Nepaul Pucras Pheasant, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Nepaul Pucras Pheasant

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Nipaulese Horned Pheasant, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Nipaulese Horned Pheasant

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Oxus Pheasant, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Oxus Pheasant

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Pencilled Pheasant, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Pencilled Pheasant

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Phasianus colchicus, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Phasianus colchicus

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Red-billed Erolia, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Red-billed Erolia

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Reeve’s Pheasant, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Reeve’s Pheasant

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Rosy Tantalus, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Rosy Tantalus

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Rufescent Curlew, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Rufescent Curlew

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Sanguine Francolin, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Sanguine Francolin

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Sclater’s Monal, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Sclater’s Monal

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Shaw’s Pheasant, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Shaw’s Pheasant

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Siamese Fireback, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Siamese Fireback

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Slate-coloured Partridge, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Slate-coloured Partridge

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Sommering’s Pheasant, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Sommering’s Pheasant

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Sonnerat’s Jungle-fowl, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Sonnerat’s Jungle-fowl

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Sparkling Pheasant, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Sparkling Pheasant

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Spoon-billed Sandpiper, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Swinhoe’s Fireback, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Swinhoe’s Fireback

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Temminck’s Horned Pheasant, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Temminck’s Horned Pheasant

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Tibetan Snow-Partridge, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Tibetan Snow-Partridge

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Vieillot’s Fireback, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Vieillot’s Fireback

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Western Horned Pheasant, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Western Horned Pheasant

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

White-breasted Water-horn, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

White-breasted Water-horn

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Zic-Zac, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Zic-Zac

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 7

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Bonham’s Sand Partridge, plate 1 of Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Bonham’s Sand Partridge

Gould, plate 1

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Asiatic Bush-Quail, plate 4 of Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Asiatic Bush-Quail

Gould, plate 4

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Argoondah Bush-Quail, plate 5 of Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Argoondah Bush-Quail

Gould, plate 5

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Chestnut-tailed Lobed Pheasant, plate 12 of Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Chestnut-tailed Lobed Pheasant

Gould, plate 12

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Bulwer’s Pheasant, plate 13 of Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Bulwer’s Pheasant

Gould, plate 13

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Cheer, plate 18 of Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Cheer

Gould, plate 18

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Chinese Crossoptilon, plate 22 of Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Chinese Crossoptilon

Gould, plate 22

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Caspian Snow-Partridge, plate 29 of Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Caspian Snow-Partridge

Gould, plate 29

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Altaic Snow-Partridge, plate 31 of Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Altaic Snow-Partridge

Gould, plate 31

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Blyth’s Horned Pheasant, plate 47 of Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Blyth’s Horned Pheasant

Gould, plate 47

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Argus Pheasant, plate 52 of Birds of Asia, Vol. 7 by John Gould

Argus Pheasant

Gould, plate 52

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

About bird prints

Our bird plates cover more than a century of printmaking, and the technique changes with the period. The oldest are copper engravings: Johann Michael Seligmann’s German versions of the birds of Mark Catesby and George Edwards, published in Nuremberg from 1749 (one of them shows a dodo beside a guinea pig), and Cornelius Nozeman’s Nederlandsche Vogelen, begun in 1770. Between 1801 and 1806 Jacques Barraband’s paintings of parrots and toucans for François Levaillant were engraved in stipple.

The largest sheets are Audubon’s: Robert Havell engraved and aquatinted The Birds of America in London between 1827 and 1838, opening with the Wild Turkey. Most of the other books are lithographs, among them those of John Gould, who worked with a team of artists, and the monographs of Daniel Giraud Elliot, drawn by Joseph Wolf, Joseph Smit and John Gerrard Keulemans. What is The Birds of America? tells how Audubon’s book was made.

Publications in Birds

John James Audubon

The Birds of America 435

Daniel Giraud Elliot

John Gould

François Levaillant

Cornelius Nozeman

Nederlandsche Vogelen, 3 volumes 131

Hermann Schlegel

De Toerako's 16
Traité de fauconnerie 24

Johann Michael Seligmann

Jean Théodore Descourtilz

Brilliant Birds of Brazil 60

Thomas Brown

Illustrations of the American Ornithology 2