Lot Essay
This is a study for the following lot by Joseph Wolf. See lot 211 for a note and details of the distribution of this gull
Details
Henry Constantine Richter (1821-1902)
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Larus ridibundus Linnaeus
with inscription on the mount 'J. Gould/Chroicocephalus Ridibundus?/Black-headed Gull?';pencil and watercolour heightened with white and gum arabic
14 1/8 x 21 1/8in. (359 x 537mm.)
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Larus ridibundus Linnaeus
with inscription on the mount 'J. Gould/Chroicocephalus Ridibundus?/Black-headed Gull?';pencil and watercolour heightened with white and gum arabic
14 1/8 x 21 1/8in. (359 x 537mm.)
Literature
J. Gould, op.cit., V, pl.64