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Somateria Mollissima. [Eider Duck].

  • ARTIST: John Gould

  • PUBLISHER: Published by John Gould, London.

  • MEDIUM: Lithograph handcolored,

    DATE: 1862-73.

  • EDITION SIZE: Paper size 14 1/2 x 21" (370 x 532mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: From "The Birds of Great Britain," 5 vols. Large folio. London 1862-1873. 367 lithographs colored by hand, printed by Walter from drawings by Gould, Joseph Wolf, H.C. Richter and Hart, mostly lithographed by Richter and Hart.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition and original color.

  • REFERENCE: Buchanan, Nature into Art, 126ff. Skipworth, Breat Bird Illustrators, 60-114.