Merula Albocincta
Circa 1850-1883
Hand colored lithograph on paper heightened with gum arabic
19.25 x 13 in | 48.8 x 33 cm
Printed by Hullmandel & Walter
Commonly known as the White Collard Merula (Habitat: Himalayas, mainly Sikkim)
This work will be shipped unframed
NON-EXPORTABLE
Considered one of Gould's greatest achievements, the Birds of Asia was in production longer than any of his other works, taking 34 years from 1850-1883 for the appearance of its 35 parts. This print is from one of the volumes.
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.