• Title : Podoces Humilis, Hume...J Gould & W Hart del et Lith....Walter Imp.
• Size: 21 1/2in x 14 1/2in (490mm x 370mm)
• Condition: (A+) Fine Condition
• Date : 1850
• Ref #:  23189

Description:
This finely engraved superbly hand coloured original antique bird print of Podoces Humilis or the Tibetan ground-tit or Humes ground-tit, was published by John Gould in the 1850 release of his illustrated ornithology book The Birds of Asia. Lithography by J Gould, HC Richter & W. Hart publication by Hullamdel, Walton & Walter

General Definitions:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color : - off white
Age of map color: - Original
Colors used: - Yellow, green, blue, pink
General color appearance: - Authentic
Paper size: - 21 1/2in x 14 1/2in (490mm x 370mm)
Plate size: - 21 1/2in x 14 1/2in (490mm x 370mm)
Margins: - Min 1/2in (12mm)

Imperfections:
Margins: - Very light age toning in margins
Plate area: - None
Verso: - None

Background: 
One of the great bird artists of all time, John Gould created over 3,000 plates of birds in over 40 volumes.
Around 1830, while working as taxidermist for the Zoological Society of London, he received a shipment of exotic bird skins from the Himalayas. Soon after, he published A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Moutains.
The success of this work, along with the Birds of Europe (1832-37) and a Monograph of the Ramphastidae [Toucans] allowed him to travel to Australia and New Guinea. Among Gould\'s better known works are the Birds of Australia (1849-69), the Birds of Asia (1850-83), and Birds of Great Britain (1862-73).
Though Gould himself sketched most of his plates, other artists such as his wife Elizabeth, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, William Hart and Henry C. Richter finished them. Gould\'s plates are highly esteemed for their composition, accurate detail, and coloring. (Ref: Methuen)