Pair of 19thc Hand-Colored Lithographs of Ducks by John Gould & h.c. Richter

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This handsome pair of 19th century hand-colored Lithographs of ducks is by John Gould and HC Richter and are titled … Read more This handsome pair of 19th century hand-colored Lithographs of ducks is by John Gould and HC Richter and are titled "Casarca Tadornoides: Eyton" and "Nyroca Ferina." Site line 14 inches x 12 inches.
"John Gould (1804-1881) was a businessman, publisher, and obsessive bird collector with an eye for a talented artist. Gould is best remembered for his folio volumes of superb color-plate illustrations of birds. In all, 2999 unique images were produced for these publications, many were the first illustrations of previously unknown species. This extraordinary output was the result of Gould's drive and business acumen as well as an ability to develop a strong international group of specimen collectors, artists and administrative agents. It is an irony that a man who never finished a picture is remembered as one of the most significant bird artists of the Victorian age. More skilled as an entrepreneur than as an artist, Gould relied on his group of dedicated artists, lithographers and colorists to translate his preparatory sketches into finished illustrations. Yet during his lifetime and beyond, Gould has often been represented as the sole creator of the thousands of plates published in his books. The main artists and lithographers who worked with Gould included his wife, Elizabeth; Edward Lear, the great natural history artist Josef Wolf and Gould's long-term employees Henry Constantine Richter and William Matthew Hart. A number of these artists are considered the finest practitioners of natural history art in the 19th century." See less