John Gould (1804-1881)

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John Gould (1804-1881)

Hairy Echidna, Echidna setosa (now called Echidna or Spiny Anteater Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus)
pencil
12¼ x 19¼in. (31.2 x 48.9cm.)

来源

Anon. Sale, Chiristie's, 1 May, 1991, lot 188 (part of a collection of original drawings by Gould)

拍品专文

Drawn in London before September 1849. A working drawing by Gould for Plate I in Volume I of Gould's The Mammals of Australia (1849). The drawing is on the reverse of an uncoloured proof lithograph of the Orange-bellied Grass Parrakeet from Gould's The Birds of Australia (1837-)