"Cinereous Shearwater. Puffinns Cinereus? (Steph:)", Gould, John

This handsome hand-colored lithograph depicts a pair of cinerous or wandering shearwaters. "Drawn from Nature & on Stone by" John and Elizabeth Gould. John Gould (1804-81) created some of the most beautiful bird prints ever produced and was known throughout the world as "The Bird Man." This lithograph was published in his 5-volume The Birds of Europe (1832-37). Printed by C. Hullmandel.

References: Sitwell, p. 101.

Condition: A

Full contemporary color with some minor chipping along the lower left sheet edge and a couple of short archivally repaired edge tears at top. There are remnants of hinge tape along the top sheet edge on recto and verso.