Edward Lear, A Group of Owls

Edward Lear, A Group of Owls, from Birds of Europe, c. 1835.
A group of 5 lithographs with hand-coloring on wove paper, printed by C. Hullmandel, London.

Barn Owl – Strix flammea; Barred Owl – Strix neblosa; Great Cinereous Owl – Strix Lapponica; Eastern Great Horned Owl – Bubo Ascalaphus; Little Owl – Strix nudipes (5). 19 1/2 x 13 1/2in (49.5 x 34.3cm).

Bonhams.

More from the same auction (not Lear):

John Gould & H.C. Richter (British, 1804-1881), A Group of Owls, from Birds of Europe and Birds of Great Britain, c. 1830; c. 1870.
A group of 5 lithographs with hand-coloring on wove paper, one printed by C. Hullmandel, London, the others printed by Walter, London, with margins, each framed.

Tawny or Wood Owl – Strix aluco; Bubo maximus; Snowy Owl – Nyctea nivea; Syrnium aluco; Strix flammea. 19 1/2 x 13 1/2in (49.5 x 34.3cm).

Bonhams.

And:

John Gould (British, 1804-1881), A Group of Owls, from Birds of Great Britain and Birds of New Guinea, c. 1865.
A group of three lithographs with hand-coloring on wove paper, printed by Mintern Bro’s and Walter, London with margins, together with R. Milford, Long Eared Owl, engraving with hand-coloring on wove paper, with margins, each framed.

Ninox forbesi; Ninox odiosa; Athene noctua (4)
each sight 19 1/2 x 13 1/2in (49.5 x 34.3cm)
each framed 26 3/4 x 20 1/2in (67.9 x 52.1cm)

Bonhams.

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