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John Gould                       Joseph Wolf                   George Edwards

This page represents only a small part of our collection of original Antique ornithological prints. Please click on an image to see it in high-resolution, with details of the work itself. For enquiries and purchases, please do contact us. 

Brasilian Green Macaw. Pet of Lord Carpenter, drawn from life by the ‘Father of British Ornithology’.

SOLD After the life painting by Jan Savery. c1655, this elegant depiction was the source for subsequent illustrations including that in Alice in Wonderland.

Paradise Parakeet (Parrot) indigenous to Australia and now extinct.

SOLD

SOLD. Great Green Macaw.

Northern Hummingbird pair.

Cormorant: Pelicanus Sinensis. Fishing Cormorant of China.

SOLD.

Green Aracari; Pteroglossus viridis from South America.

Hooper, Bewick and a Polish Swan.

SOLD

Red Winged Parrot: First described by German naturalist Johann Gmelin in 1788. Indigenous to Australia and Papua New Guinea.

SOLD.

SOLD White throated Toucan of South America. By the ‘Father of British Ornithology’.

Stork: Australian Mycteria. Myceteria australis. Drawn from life at the society’s Vivarium.

SOLD. Long Eared Owl, Strix Otus. Owl perched on branch with small foliage. After studies by the most prolific artist and publisher of ornithology.

California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum).

Hummingbird: Campylopterus Lazulus. T

Iceland Falcon. Falcio islandicus. Drawn from life at the Zoological Society’s Vivarium.

SOLD Eurasian Kingfisher with a Blue Iguana of Nevis. By the ‘Father of British Ornithology’.