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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. 

Toucan: Yellow throated Toucan from South America via Jamaica.

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

Swallows, Martins, Finches, Siskin and Sparrows.

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

Trochilus Tricolour

Northern Hummingbird pair.

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

Hummingbirds: Oreopyra Leucaspis.

Eurasian Kingfisher with a Blue Iguana of Nevis.

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

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

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.

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

Violet crowned Hummingbird.

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

Parakeet: Blue Bonnet parakeet indigenous to Australia.

Owl: Horned Owl from Athens.

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

Collared Phesant, Java Cockrel and hen.

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

Congo Grey Parrot indigenous to equatorial Africa.

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

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

Trochilus Rupus.

Hummingbird: Eupetomena Hirundo, Western Swallow-tail.

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

Spoonbill: Platalea Leucorodia.

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

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

Swallow: Barn Swallow- Hirundo rustica with text. Founded in 1698, the SPCK is the oldest Anglican mission and publishing house of the Church of England.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chough: Fregilus Graculus, Red-billed Chough.

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

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

Tern and Gull eggs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hummingbird: Oreopyra Calolaema.

Cormorant: Pelicanus Sinensis. Fishing Cormorant of China.

White Leghorns. Cock and Hen.

Java Sparrow. Fringilla oryzivora.

Gold Pencilled Hamburghs. Cock and Hen.

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

Guillemots. Six types.

Kiwi: Apteryx Australis

Owl: Brachyotus Palustris

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.

Bar Tailed and Gould’s Hummingbirds.

Cock and Hen.

Yellow Winged Pye of Guiana with the Greater Locust.

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

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

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

Hummingbirds: Phaethornis Oseryl.

African Warbler with nest. Engraved by John Pass.

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

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

Swainson’s Green lory. Trichoglossus Swainsonii.

Hummingbirds: Androdon Aequatorialis, Ecuadorian Tooth-bill.

Hummingbirds: Amazilia Corallirostris.

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

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

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

Turkey: American Wild Turkey and Common Domestic Turkey

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

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

Trochilus Moschitus.

Rook: Corvus Frugilegus.

Golden Oriole with nest. Engraved by John Pass.

Hummingbirds: Eriocnemis Squamata.

Pye: Green Pye of Ceylon

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

Splendid Parakeet named by John Gould and indigenous to Australia.

Golden Monarch and Sunda flycatchers. Muscicapa chrysomela and miniata.

Fire-Backed or Crested forest pheasant of Java.

Hummingbirds: Discura Longicauda.

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

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