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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. 

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

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

Northern Hummingbird pair.

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

Hummingbirds: Discura Longicauda.

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

Hummingbirds: Oreopyra Leucaspis.

Hummingbirds: Eriocnemis Squamata.

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

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

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

Eurasian Kingfisher with a Blue Iguana of Nevis.

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

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

Hummingbirds: Oreopyra Cinereicaud.

Swallows, Martins, Finches, Siskin and Sparrows.

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

Hummingbird: Eupetomena Hirundo, Western Swallow-tail.

Hummingbirds: Phaethornis Oseryl.

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

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

Spoonbill: Platalea Leucorodia.

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

Turkey with descriptive 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.

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

Tern and Gull eggs.

Hummingbirds: Amazilia Corallirostris.

Pale headed or mealy Rosella.

Java Sparrow. Fringilla oryzivora.

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

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

Trochilus Tricolour

Golden Capped Parakeet of Brazil with a Green and Blue Parrot.

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.

Hummingbird: Oreopyra Calolaema.

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

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

White Leghorns. Cock and Hen.

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.

Congo Grey Parrot indigenous to equatorial Africa.

Owl: Brachyotus Palustris

Toucan: Yellow throated Toucan from South America via Jamaica.

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

Corvus: Black-crested Jay of China (Corvus cirrhatus). After Johann Lebrecht Reinold, engraved by John Pass.

Cormorant: Pelicanus Sinensis. Fishing Cormorant of China.

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.

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

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

Rook: Corvus Frugilegus.

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

Guillemots. Six types.

Fire-Backed or Crested forest pheasant of Java.

Pye: Green Pye of Ceylon

Owl: Horned Owl from Athens.

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

Bar Tailed and Gould’s Hummingbirds.

Golden Oriole with nest. Engraved by John Pass.

Hummingbirds: Androdon Aequatorialis, Ecuadorian Tooth-bill.

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

African Warbler with nest. Engraved by John Pass.

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

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

Kiwi: Apteryx Australis

Chough: Fregilus Graculus, Red-billed Chough.

Swainson’s Green lory. Trichoglossus Swainsonii.

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

Collared Phesant, Java Cockrel and hen.

Trochilus Gramineus, Black breasted Hummingbird native to St Domingo.

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

Yellow Winged Pye of Guiana with the Greater Locust.

Trochilus Moschitus.

Golden Monarch and Sunda flycatchers. Muscicapa chrysomela and miniata.

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

Gold Pencilled Hamburghs. Cock and Hen.

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

Violet crowned Hummingbird.

Splendid Parakeet named by John Gould and indigenous to Australia.

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

Trochilus Rupus.

Doubtful Toucan: Ramphastos ambiguou from Brazil.

Trochilus Mango.

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

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