Red Bishop Paradise Willowbird SMIT Original Pencil
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Details: SMIT, Pierre Jacques (1863-1960). Pyromelana orix & Steganura paradisea (Red Bishop & Paradise Willowbird). [?London: circa 1893-1896]. Pencil and water-colour, signed 'P.J.Smit' , early label mounted on verso, inscribed in blue pencil 'Weaver Birds Section VI. Facing page 362'. Image size (including text): 7 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches. Sheet size: 11 1/4 x 8 inches.
A beautiful original watercolour of these spectacular exotic birds, pictured by one of tyhe most important ornithological artists of his day
A fine ornithological water-colour, being original artwork for Richard Lydekker's Royal Natural History, published London 1893-96. Lydekker's work included examples from the greatest natural history artists of the period, such as Joseph Smit and his son Pierre-Jacques, prolific artists who contributed to many important zoological publications. In the 1880s and 1890s for example, both father and son produced artwork for the monumental British Museum (Natural History) Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum.
Cf. Jackson, Bird Illustrators (1975), pp. 75-84; cf. Nissen ZBI 2612.
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Red Bishop Paradise Willowbird SMIT Original Pencil
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