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In 1832, the young Edward Lear decided to combine his interests in ornithology and in art, and produced one of the earliest British ornithological works. He illustrated it with his own coloured plates, in the fairly new medium of lithography. When the budding ornithological publisher John Gould saw Lear's "Illustration of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots", he not only employed Lear for his own works, he adopted Lear's method and style. Gould's early works, therefore, are vary pared-down, with virtually no background. This places the whole emphasis of the image on the bird portrayed. With Lear's hand at the lithographic stone, such an idiom works extremely well as he puts so much expression into his creations.

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Edward Lear Grey Lag Wild Goose

Edward Lear
Grey Lag Wild Goose (Anser palustris)

Edward Lear Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).

Edward Lear
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). (Falco tinnunculus)

Edward Lear Little Owl (Strix nudipes, Noctua nudipes [Athene noctua]).

Edward Lear
Little Owl (Strix nudipes, Noctua nudipes [Athene noctua]).

Edward Lear Rock Ptarmigan.

Edward Lear
Rock Ptarmigan. (Lagopus rupestris.)

Edward Lear Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus).

Edward Lear
Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus).

Edward Lear Sea Eagle [White-tailed Eagle].

Edward Lear
Sea Eagle [White-tailed Eagle]. (Haliaeetus albicilla.)

Lear after Gould Black-tailed Gannet

Lear after Gould
Black-tailed Gannet (Sula melanura)

Lear after Gould Saffron-coloured Aracari

Lear after Gould
Saffron-coloured Aracari (Pteroglossus Bailloni)

LEAR, Edward and John and Elizabeth GOULD. Cinereus Vulture (Vulture cinereus).

LEAR, Edward and John and Elizabeth GOULD.
Cinereus Vulture (Vulture cinereus).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD. Black Grouse (Tetrao Tetrix).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD.
Black Grouse (Tetrao Tetrix).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD. Carrion Crow (Corvus corone).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD.
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD. Chough (Fregilis graculus).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD.
Chough (Fregilis graculus).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD. Rook (Corvus frugilegus).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD.
Rook (Corvus frugilegus).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD. Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD.
Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD. Short-Toed Eagle (Circaetus brachydactylus).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD.
Short-Toed Eagle (Circaetus brachydactylus).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD. Spotted Eagle (Aquila naevia).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD.
Spotted Eagle (Aquila naevia).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD. White Headed Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD.
White Headed Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD. Wood Pigeon. (Columba palumbus)

LEAR, Edward and John GOULD.
Wood Pigeon. (Columba palumbus)


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