ROSEHILL PARAKEET (PLATYCERCUS EXIMIUS)
86
JOHN GOULD
(1804 - 1881, British/Australian)
ROSEHILL PARAKEET (PLATYCERCUS EXIMIUS)
hand-coloured lithograph
49.5 x 33.0 cm
inscribed in image with artist's name, title, lithographer (H.C. Richter) and printer (Hullmandel and Walton)
Estimate:
$8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 29 - 24 April 2013, Melbourne
Provenance
Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2002
Literature
An Introduction to the Birds of Australia, J. Gould and Richard & John E. Taylor, London, 1848