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John Gould's Tropical Birds

CD of 16 high quality digital scans of tropical birds such as toucans, birds of paradise and cockatoos

 

Page down to see a selection of the prints, the contents list and to read about their history

 

$39.99 - order #CD011

To order, press the order link in the menu at the top of this page

Includes a bonus of a wonderful screen saver of the prints

 

 

Benefits

  • Save money - print accurate copies of beautiful antique prints for a fraction of their cost

  • Study them before investing in the original prints

  • Illustrate educational projects

  • Use them to create art, greeting cards, calendars, postcards and posters, computer wallpaper and clip art

  • Enjoy the screensaver of the prints

Features

  • Scans are of the original antique prints

  • Scans are exactly same dimensions as original antique print

  • Scans are saved as bitmap files (.bmp) so all detail is retained (unlike jpg files)

  • Each image file is several megabytes large! Prints were scanned at 300dpi and saved at 150dpi (similar to the resolution of most digital photos)

  • Print direct from the CD or from programs such as Microsoft Picture It, Adobe Photoshop, Corel PhotoPaint, Macromedia Fireworks and Paint Shop Pro

 

 

Examples of the antique prints on the CD

The scans on the CD are much bigger than these samples. The scans are the same size as original antique prints
Antique print picture of tropical bird by John Gould Antique print picture of tropical bird by John Gould Antique print picture of tropical bird by John Gould

Red Breasted Toucan

New Ireland Fruit Pigeon

Blue Eyed Cockatoo
Antique print picture of tropical bird by John Gould Antique print picture of tropical bird by John Gould Antique print picture of tropical bird by John Gould

Leadbetter's Cockatoo

Yellow Bellied Parrakeets

Grey Chested Bird of Paradise

 

 

CD contains incredibly detailed scans of 16 prints of tropical birds after John Gould

Lesser Bird of Paradise
Grey Chested Bird of Paradise
Lesser Superb Bird of Paradise
Magnificent Bird of Paradise
New Ireland Fruit Pigeon
Yellow Bellied Parakeets
Rose Breasted Cockatoo
Four colored Kingfisher
Blue Eyed Cockatoo
Blue Streaked Lory
Fiery Parakeets
Gouldian Finch
Leadbetters Cockatoo
Pennants Parakeets
Red Breasted Toucan
Spotted Kingfisher

 

 

Information

This CD contains scans of vintage prints of tropical birds illustrated by John Gould.

These scans print amazingly well on any modern ink jet printers. We have printed them on our Canon printer on good paper and found them to be a very close match to the original prints.

John Gould was the enterprising genius behind the creation of 2999 different hand­colored lithographic plates of birds and animals. He was born on September 14, 1804 on the Dorset coast in England. Gould had no formal university training and considered himself a self-made man. He gained his ornithological knowledge by observation and experience. Nevertheless his contributions to this science were so vast that in 1843 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

In his pursuit of new and different birds, John Gould traveled to Asia, Australia and the East Indies. His series of natural history plates is considered by many as the finest works of bird illustrations ever presented.

Making these prints was technically and artistically demanding. Gould's original sketches were transferred to stone with special pencils or chalk. They were printed by hand from the stones. Each print was hand-colored, and issued in small sets to subscribers only. As the prints were very expensive only a few hundred of the wealthiest people and institutions could afford them, accounting for their rarity today.

Condition

The prints the scans were made from were in excellent condition.

Size

The prints measured 9½” by 7¾” (19 cm by 12 cm). If you print at the same resolution as the scans they will print at this size.

How to order

Please note the order number # which is shown at the top of the page. Then click on the Order button at the top or the Order link at the bottom of this page.