John Gould (1804-1881), Colymbus glacialis [Great Northern Diver] Frame:unframed Charles-Francois (1740 – 1817)

Charles-Francois (1740 – 1817)

Plate #56: Moroea Vaginata

13" x 16 3/4"

Barnstaple is transported from the XXc “Age of Confusion” to a parallel utopian world governed by reason

and records the first English attempts at colonization in the New World

John Gould (1804-1881), Colymbus glacialis [Great Northern Diver] Frame:unframed Charles-Francois (1740 – 1817)John Gould (1804 1881) Colymbus glacialis [Great Northern Diver] 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