Phoenicocichla arquata Necklaced Pitta . From A Monograph of the Pittidae

by John Gould

$2,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A rare hand-coloured pattern plate from Gould’s Monograph of the Pittidae, preserving the ideal colouring approved for production and annotated for use in the studio. This work served as the pattern plate, the reference copy from which colourists worked when preparing impressions of this image of the Necklaced Pitta. It preserves the ideal colouring established for the plate: three birds arranged among grasses and rocks, with the strong interplay of red, blue, and olive

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