Lot 137
Gould, John
Waders: 18 original lithographs from The Birds of Great Britain, 1862-73
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
hand-coloured, heightened in gum arabic, approximate dimensions 37 x 55.5cm or reverse, toning, a few spots and marks, many with sewing-holes along one edge, a few with ink-stamps of Newcastle-upon-Tyne public library to versos. Comprising:
1) Haematopus ostralegus (oystercatcher); 2) Totanus ochropus (green sandpiper); 3) Arquatella maritima (purple sandpiper); 4) Actiturus bartramius (Bartram's sandpiper); 5) Tryngites rufescens (buff-breasted sandpiper); 6) Ancylocheilus subarquata (curlew sandpiper); 7) Totanus calidris (redshank); 8) Glottis cancescens (greenshank); 9) Pelidna cinclus (dunlin), winter plumage; 10) Lobipes hyperboreus (red-necked phalarope); 11) Phalaropus fulicarius (red phalarope), winter plumage; 12) Phalaropus fulicarius (red phalarope), summer plumage; 13) Macroramphus griseus (grey snipe); 14) Calidris arenaria (sanderling); 15) Pelidna bonapartei (Bonaparte's sandpiper); 16) Actodromas minuta (little stint); 17) Leimonites temmincki (Temminck's stint); 18) Glareola prantincola (collared pratincole)