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3 A Bird in the Hand 
Henry
Constantine Richter (c.18211902)
Procellaria hasitata Kuhl Great Grey Tern [1848]
Modern common name: Grey Petrel
Modern scientific name: Procellaria cinerea
watercolour; 35.8 x 50.5 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection
National Library of Australia
T1313 NK5666/4
After
Elizabeth Gould's death Richter was one of the artists who
took over the lithography for John Gould's The Birds
of Australia. As well as producing plates for those
volumes, he collaborated with the latter in the drawing,
lithographing and hand colouring of the illustrations in
The Mammals of Australia which was published in 13 parts
(18451863).
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