RARE ORIGINAL JOHN GOULD 19th Century Framed Bird Plate: \'BARE-EYED COCKATOO\' For Sale -

RARE ORIGINAL JOHN GOULD 19th Century Framed Bird Plate: No. 546: \'BARE-EYED COCKATOO\'This RARE print is a hand-colored lithograph, Plate No. 546 from \"The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands,\" iconic ornithologist and bird artist John Gould’s last great work. With only about 250 sets made, it is among the rarest of all Gould\'s works and was completed after his death by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (R.B.S.), Gould’s protégé and devoted friend, who was in charge of the bird collection at the British Museum of Natural History. The original art this print was based on still resides in the British Museum.

Artwork comesarchivally matted, framed and ready to hang!

• About the Lithograph:
• Plate 546,Cacatua Gymnopis (Naked-Eyed Cockatoo or Bare-Eyed Cockatoo, otherwise known as the Little Corella Cockatoo) from \"The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands,\" London: 1875-1888. 5 folio volumes containing 320 plates, based upon the originals in the British Museum (Natural History).
• Included on the back of the frame is the original print description by Sharpe, with cited references.
• Plate: 14 x 20 inches
• Frame: 22 x 29 inches
• This frame is very heavy and premium quality, frame ALONE is probably worth $800.
• Be sure to check out the other Gould print we currently have listed.
• About John Gould:
• John Gould (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist and bird artist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates that he produced with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists. He has been considered the father of bird study in Australia. His identification of the birds now nicknamed \"Darwin\'s finches\" played a role in the inception of Darwin\'s theory of evolution by natural selection, and Gould\'s work is referenced in Charles Darwin\'s book, On the Origin of Species.
  
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