HENRY CONSTANTINE RICHTER (BRITISH, 1821-1902)

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Lot 83 | HENRY CONSTANTINE RICHTER (BRITISH, 1821-1902)
HENRY CONSTANTINE RICHTER (BRITISH, 1821-1902)
Yellow-bellied Tit Parus venustulus; Chinese (Light-vented) Bulbul Ixus sinensis; and Saxaul Sparrow Passer ammodendri
the first numbered '5.15 a' and with inscription 'Gould/Passer ammodendri/Turkestan Sparrow' (on the mount); the second numbered '2.48.a.' and with inscription 'Gould/Parus venus tulus/White-naped Tit' (on the mount); the third numbered '3.11.a.' and with inscription 'J.Gould/Ixus sinensis/Chinese Bulbul' (on the mount)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour and with gum arabic on paper
21 3/8 x 14 3/8 in. (54.4 x 36.5 cm.)(3)




Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 December 1995, lots 35, 43 and 99, when acquired by the present owner.



Literature

i) J. Gould, The Birds of Asia, London, 1850, vol. V, pl. 15.
ii) J. Gould, The Birds of Asia, London, 1850, vol. II, pl. 48.
iii) J. Gould, The Birds of Asia, London, 1850, vol. III, pl. 11.
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