William Matthew Hart (British, 1830-1908)

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William Matthew Hart (British, 1830-1908) The Magnificent Birds of Paradise (Cnemophilus Maogregori) and Sickle Crested Birds of Paradise (Diphyllodes Seleucides) the first inscribed with title and 'Paradise Part 4' lower right--the second signed and dated 'W.Hart/1894' inscribed as titled and 'Paradise Part 6 (The plate is not in reverse)' lower right--the first pencil, watercolor and ink on paper heightened with gum arabic and the second pencil and watercolor on paper 21½ x 15in. (54.6 x 38.1cm.) Two (2)

Literature

R.B. Sharpe, A Monograoh of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise, London, 1891, 2 vols., folio (for both)
Lesson, A Monograph of the Magnificent Birds of Paradise(in French), possibly plate 19 or 20

Lot Essay

William Matthew Hart was one of the illustrators and lithographers who worked with John Gould, most notably on The Birds of Asia, 1850-1853 and The Birds of Great Britain, 1862-1873
On Diphyllodes Seleucides, the current scientific name is Diphyllodes Magnificus

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