![STORY MASKELYNE, Thereza (1834-1926). Birds of Great Britain Copied from Gould's Folio Work. Penllergare: [c.1880s]. Small 4° (163 x 134mm). 60 small watercolours (each approx. 114 x 70mm) on card, mounted within single pencil rule frame (one within card frame), facing manuscript text in ink, 2 ?19th-century photographs (one loosely inserted and stamped 'C.J. King, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly' on verso), etching of a Greenland Falcon loosely inserted. (Occasional light spotting, soiling and staining.) Contemporary roan (rubbed, spine worn).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_06237_0367_000(story_maskelyne_thereza_birds_of_great_britain_copied_from_goulds_foli081726).jpg?w=1)
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STORY MASKELYNE, Thereza (1834-1926). Birds of Great Britain Copied from Gould's Folio Work. Penllergare: [c.1880s]. Small 4° (163 x 134mm). 60 small watercolours (each approx. 114 x 70mm) on card, mounted within single pencil rule frame (one within card frame), facing manuscript text in ink, 2 ?19th-century photographs (one loosely inserted and stamped 'C.J. King, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly' on verso), etching of a Greenland Falcon loosely inserted. (Occasional light spotting, soiling and staining.) Contemporary roan (rubbed, spine worn).
ATTRACTIVE MINIATURE WATERCOLOUR COPIES of some of the plates from Gould's Birds of Great Britain. Thereza Story Maskelyne was the eldest daughter of John Dillwyn Llewelyn (1810-1882), who owned the estate at Penllergare, near Swansea. Her mother was Emma Thomasina Talbot (1806-1881), a cousin of the photography pioneer, William Henry Fox Talbot. Both Thereza and her father took a keen interest in photography. In 1858 she married Nevil Story Maskelyne of Basset Down in Wiltshire, grandson of Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal. Sold with two other natural history printed books. (3)
ATTRACTIVE MINIATURE WATERCOLOUR COPIES of some of the plates from Gould's Birds of Great Britain. Thereza Story Maskelyne was the eldest daughter of John Dillwyn Llewelyn (1810-1882), who owned the estate at Penllergare, near Swansea. Her mother was Emma Thomasina Talbot (1806-1881), a cousin of the photography pioneer, William Henry Fox Talbot. Both Thereza and her father took a keen interest in photography. In 1858 she married Nevil Story Maskelyne of Basset Down in Wiltshire, grandson of Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal. Sold with two other natural history printed books. (3)