hand-colored bird lithographs, the first depicting white-vented wood swallows, titled “Artamus Albiventris; Gould”, the second work depicting kingfishers, titled “Halcyon Sordidus”, each illustrated by Elizabeth Gould 1804–1841 for John Gould’s The Birds of Australia (Volume II) 1840-1848, published in London, printed by Hullmandel & Walton marked lower right, marked J. Gould and H.C. Richter lower left 20 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (52.1 x 36.8 cm.), Frame: 34 x 26 1/2 in. (86.4 x 67.3 cm.)

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