John Gould (1804-1881), Sterna hirundo [Common Tern] Frame:unframed stamp of the Dépôt de
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The geography of Virginia
” Imago Mundi 6 (1949)
Van Leen’s paintings are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Fitzwilliam Museum
He was born in France and arrived in New Orleans in about 1789
John Gould (1804-1881), Sterna hirundo [Common Tern] Frame:unframed stamp of the Dépôt deJohn Gould (1804 1881) Sterna hirundo [Common Tern] from The Birds of Great Britain Vol. V Published: London, 1873 Aquatint engraving with original hand coloring Paper size: 21 3 8" x 14 1 2" John Gould (18041881) conceived a massive project: to illustrate the worlds birds in a regal format. He is best known for his multi volume works on the birds of every continent but Africa. Following the success of his 1837 "Birds of Europe" and the [1840]1869