Joseph Wolf (1820-1899)

A Grey Lag Goose

细节

Joseph Wolf (1820-1899)
A Grey Lag Goose
numbered '5.1' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of white and gum arabic, unframed
14¾ x 21¾in. (37.4 x 55.2cm.)

来源

V.A.G. Tregear; The Godman Collection of Watercolours for John Gould's 'The Birds of Great Britain', Christie's London, 4 October 1994, lot 169 (4,370).

出版

J. Gould, The Birds of Great Britain, London, 1873, vol.V, pl.1.

拍品专文

Gould stated 'However general its distribution may have been in the British Islands in former times, it is at present confined to the northern part of Scotland, the Hebrides, and may sparingly be seen in Ireland.' The specimen illustrated came from Ireland, and Gould was indebted to the Earl of Enniskillen, who 'obtained for me the very fine pair, male and female, on the 15th December, 1868.
The adult male depicted in the foreground is about two-thirds lifesize.