Antique Bird Print of the White-billed Wood-Shrike by Gould (c.1880)

Description: Antique bird print titled 'Rectes Leucorhynchus'. This print depicts the White-billed Wood-Shrike. Originates from John Gould's 'Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands' published 1875-1888. 

Artists and Engravers: John Gould (1804 - 1881) was an English ornithologist and bird artist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates that he produced with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart.