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THOMAS CLAVERHILL JERDON (1811-1872)
Reptiles of India, Parts 1-3 -- A collection of approximately 445 watercolours, 190 pencil drawings and 210 proof engravings and lithographs (some hand-coloured) including studies of snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and frogs, the majority annotated by the artist, each sheet 228 x 152mm or similar, together with a handwritten note by the artist on one of the specimens, in three modern green cloth boxes, black morocco gilt lettering-pieces on spines. Provenance: part given to Dr A. Günther at The British Museum by the artist -- Henry Haversham Godwin Austen (1834-1923; autograph note signed inserted in Part 1, '194 sheets containing the figures of Indian snakes ... left at Brit Museum by [Jerdon], shortly before his death & given over to me in 1878 by Dr. Günther, they have been numbered by me just as they were left. H.H. Godwin Austen, London Feb 1879').
JERDON'S UNPUBLISHED ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR HIS UNFINISHED WORK ON INDIAN REPTILES, intended to follow his previous works The Birds of India (1862-64), and Mammals of India (1874) (see previous lot). Jerdon handed over part of the artwork to fellow zoologist Dr A. Günther at The British Museum shortly before his death (see provenance), presumably for Günther to bring his unfinished work to completion. Jerdon's work contributed to the latter's Reptiles of British India (1864). This artwork then passed to the distinguished surveyor of India, Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, for whom the Karakoram peak K2 was originally named Mount Godwin-Austen.
The collection includes a small quantity of related printed material gathered from other publications, including The Proceedings of the Zoological Society, some deriving from other artists' and zoologists' specimen drawings. (3)
Reptiles of India, Parts 1-3 -- A collection of approximately 445 watercolours, 190 pencil drawings and 210 proof engravings and lithographs (some hand-coloured) including studies of snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and frogs, the majority annotated by the artist, each sheet 228 x 152mm or similar, together with a handwritten note by the artist on one of the specimens, in three modern green cloth boxes, black morocco gilt lettering-pieces on spines. Provenance: part given to Dr A. Günther at The British Museum by the artist -- Henry Haversham Godwin Austen (1834-1923; autograph note signed inserted in Part 1, '194 sheets containing the figures of Indian snakes ... left at Brit Museum by [Jerdon], shortly before his death & given over to me in 1878 by Dr. Günther, they have been numbered by me just as they were left. H.H. Godwin Austen, London Feb 1879').
JERDON'S UNPUBLISHED ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR HIS UNFINISHED WORK ON INDIAN REPTILES, intended to follow his previous works The Birds of India (1862-64), and Mammals of India (1874) (see previous lot). Jerdon handed over part of the artwork to fellow zoologist Dr A. Günther at The British Museum shortly before his death (see provenance), presumably for Günther to bring his unfinished work to completion. Jerdon's work contributed to the latter's Reptiles of British India (1864). This artwork then passed to the distinguished surveyor of India, Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, for whom the Karakoram peak K2 was originally named Mount Godwin-Austen.
The collection includes a small quantity of related printed material gathered from other publications, including The Proceedings of the Zoological Society, some deriving from other artists' and zoologists' specimen drawings. (3)
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