John Gould Pheasants Framed and Matted - Set of Four

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John Gould Pheasant prints framed and matted, set of four. John Gould was influenced by James Audubon paintings of birds. … more John Gould Pheasant prints framed and matted, set of four. John Gould was influenced by James Audubon paintings of birds. He traveled the world in the 19th century collecting bird skins from different countries and published the “Birds of Great Britain, The Birds of Asia, The Birds of Australia, The Birds of New Guinea, A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Humming-Birds, The Birds of Europe, A Monograph of Ramphastidae or Family of Toucans, A Monograph of the Trogonidae or family of Trogons, and A Century of Birds hitherto unfigured from the Himalaya Mountains”. His Birds were printed as hand-colored stone lithographs and the initial compositional drawings were made by John Gould himself. These large prints are reproductions of John Gould's work and are finely matted and framed in brown frames with copper undertones and a distressed gold liner. less