To see our specialist collections, please click below.

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. 

Congo Grey Parrot indigenous to equatorial Africa.

Peacock (Pavo): Chinese peacock (Pavo bicalcaratus) with a Chinese Hibscus Rose (Hibiscus rosa sinensis). After George Edwards, engraved by John Pass.

Guillemots. Six types.

Hawaiian Goose: After Florent Prevost, ornithologist on the voyage of La Bonite 1836-7.

Condor: After Florent Prevost, ornithologist on the voyage of La Bonite 1836-7.

Patagonian Penguin and Magellanic Penguin. After George Edwards. Engraved by John Pass.

Wagtail: Yellow Water Wagtail perched on a stone from the Giant’s Causeway with two sides of a Walking Leaf insect.

Golden Monarch and Sunda flycatchers. Muscicapa chrysomela and miniata.

Parakeet: Yellow rumped parakeet (Golden Conure) indigenous to South and Central America.

Cockatoo: Great Salmon Crested Cockatoo indigenous to the Seram archipelago in Indonesia.

Saker Falcon. Falcio sacer. Drawn from life at the Zoological Society’s Vivarium.

Northern Hummingbird pair.

Swift: Macropteryx longipennis. Long winged crested Swift with detail of beak and clawed feet.

Hummingbird: Oreopyra Calolaema.

Parakeet: Blossom headed parakeet indigenous to India and South East Asia.

Fire-Backed or Crested forest pheasant of Java.

Cock and Hen.

Parrots: Carolina and Nonpareil Parrot. Psittacus Carolinensis and eximius.

Heron, Bitterns, Goose, Swan, Ducks, Gadwall and Shoveler.

Redbird: Phaenicornis flammeus. Orange redbird from Southern India. With detail of beak.

Worm eating New World Warbler with a wood eating Capricorn Beetle.

Love Bird: Rosy faced Love Birds indigenous to West Africa.

Turkey with descriptive text. Founded in 1698, the SPCK is the oldest Anglican mission and publishing house of the Church of England.

Warbler (Motacilla). Pinc Pinc grass warbler with nest. Engraved by John Pass.

Teal: Chinese Teal – Mandarin Duck (Anas galericulata -Aix galericulata). After George Edwards, engraved by John Pass.

Turkey: American Wild Turkey and Common Domestic Turkey

Toucan: Yellow throated Toucan from South America via Jamaica.

Hummingbirds: Amazilia Corallirostris.

Pye: Short-tailed Pye of the East Indies with an Elephant beetle.

Hummingbirds: Phaethornis Oseryl.

Golden Oriole with nest. Engraved by John Pass.

Swallows, Martins, Finches, Siskin and Sparrows.

Collared Phesant, Java Cockrel and hen.

Spoonbill: Platalea Leucorodia.

Rosella: Pale headed or mealy Rosella indigenous to South Africa.

Hummingbirds: Eriocnemis Squamata.

Quail: Chinese Fighting Quail from Nanquin with a Guernsey Sand Lizard propagated in Surrey.

Whitethroats, Blackcaps, Warblers, Wrens, Chiffchaffs, Sparrows, Reedling, Tits and Dipper.

Love Bird: Red faced Love Birds indigenous to West Africa.

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

Trochilus Mango.

Manchurian Crane. Grus montignesia. Drawn from life at the society’s Vivarium.

Fly catcher (Musicapa). Crested Fly catcher with nest. Engraved by John Pass.

Owl: Horned Owl from Athens.

Eurasian Kingfisher with a Blue Iguana of Nevis.

Black necked Swan. Cygnus nigricollis. Drawn from life at the Zoological Society’s Vivarium

Golden Eagle with descriptive text. Founded in 1698, the SPCK is the oldest Anglican mission and publishing house of the Church of England.

African Warbler with nest. Engraved by John Pass.

Trochilus Moschitus.

Parakeet: Blue Bonnet parakeet indigenous to Australia.

Catchers, Avocet, Phalarope, Woodcocks, Snipes, Dunlins, Ruffs, Sandpipers and Redshanks.

Blue Mountain (Swainson’s) Lory indigenous to Australia and Tasmania

Toucan: Green billed Toucan from Cayenne, Guiana With life size detail of bill.

Cormorant: Pelicanus Sinensis. Fishing Cormorant of China.

Splendid Parakeet named by John Gould and indigenous to Australia.

Greenland Falcon. Falcio greenlandicus. Saker Falcon. Falcio sacer. Drawn from life at the society’s Vivarium.

Hummingbirds and Dormouse: Red Breasted and Green Throated Hummingbirds of Surinam with an English Dormouse.

Owl: Brachyotus Palustris

Java Sparrow. Fringilla oryzivora.

Tern and Gull eggs.

Pintail, Teal, Garganey, Wigeon, Pochard, Duck, Eider, Goosander and Merganser.

First described by German naturalist Johann Gmelin in 1788, it is indigenous to Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Hummingbird: Eupetomena Hirundo, Western Swallow-tail.

Mantell’s Apteryx (North Island Kiwi). Apteryx mantelli. Drawn from life at the Zoological Society’s Vivarium

Cockatoo: Lesser Lemon-Crested Cockatoo, indigenous to Celebes (Sulawesi), and Lesser Sundas Cockatoo, indigenous to the Malay Archipelago.

Trochilus Gramineus, Black breasted Hummingbird native to St Domingo.

Gold Pencilled Hamburghs. Cock and Hen.

Rook: Corvus Frugilegus.

Chough: Fregilus Graculus, Red-billed Chough.

Red breasted or Mustached Parakeet. Purchased by Edwards in London from an East India ship.

Cockerel with descriptive text: Founded in 1698, the SPCK is the oldest Anglican mission and publishing house of the Church of England.

White Leghorns. Cock and Hen.

Little Owl: Athena Noctua. Not native to Great Britain this Little Owl came down a chimney near the Tower and was kept as a pet.

Peacock (Pavo): Common Peacock. After George Edwards, engraved by John Pass.

Hummingbirds: Eriocnemis Aureliae, Aurelia’s Puff-leg.

Pye: Green Pye of Ceylon

Bar Tailed and Gould’s Hummingbirds.

Hummingbirds: Discura Longicauda.

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

Trochilus Rupus.

Dodo with Guinea Pig: After the life painting by Jan Savery. Edwards elegant depiction of the rather dumpy Dodo, extinct by 1662, became the basis for subsequent illustrations including that in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Flycatcher: Golden-winged Flycatcher of Pennsylvania and a Tortoiseshell Butterfly of China.

Violet crowned Hummingbird.

Alcids: Puffin (Coulternel) and Auk (Razorbil)l. Two species of the same characteristics as the Great Auk which was driven to extinction in 1844.

Kiwi: Apteryx Australis

Trochilus Tricolour

Hummingbirds: Oreopyra Leucaspis.

Swainson’s Green lory. Trichoglossus Swainsonii.

Wall Creeper or Spider Catcher (Tichodroma muraria): With detail of the crown of the head and a tail feather quill.

Yellow Winged Pye of Guiana with the Greater Locust.

Hummingbirds: Androdon Aequatorialis, Ecuadorian Tooth-bill.