Bidspirit auction | JOHN GOULD, ”PYGMY PARROT”

JOHN GOULD, ”PYGMY PARROT” - This lot features a framed 19th-century hand-colored lithograph by John Gould, featuring ”Nasiterna Pygmea, ” commonly known as the Pygmy Parrot. Measures in frame, 31.5'' H x 24.5'' W. John Gould (1804-1881) contributed to burgeoning scientific and popular interest in the natural world in Victorian England as an ornithologist, collector, and illustrator and publisher of bird books. He assisted Charles Darwin with classification of bird specimens collected during the H.M.S.