Puffinuria Urinatrix--Diving Petrel Print from John Gould's Birds of Australia

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Puffinuria Urinatrix--Diving Petrel Print from John Gould's Birds of Australia, printed by Richard and John Taylor, London, 1840-1848 with later supplements. 

Print encased in shrink wrap over double mat board. Not inspected out of wrap. Sightline is 13.5 x 20 inches under mat measuring 21 x 27. By all appearances the plate is in fine condition. 

From John Gould's masterpiece "Birds of Australia" published by subscription from 1840-1848, with several later supplements. Beautiful hand-colored lithograph printed by C. Hullmandel and hand-colored by Gabriel Bayfield’s studio, under the supervision of Elizabeth Gould who supervised pigment selection and brush techniques to ensure accuracy.

The Diving Petrel is native to the South Atlantic islands and islands of the subantarctic southern Indian Ocean, plus islands off New Zealand and south-eastern Australian islands.