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Panel 3    A Bird in the Hand

£20 Reward - Stolen

John Gould (18041881)
£20 Reward–Stolen, Sometime Since the 8th Instant,
a Number of Skins of Valuable Birds ...1845
broadsheet; 28 x 21.5 cm
National Library of Australia
MS587 F3

John Gould took strong measures to protect his valuable skins shipped from the other side of the world. He often required his collectors to send two shipments of the same specimens on different vessels, and clearly experienced theft as well as loss.


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