With Original Antique Watercolouring. Sizes around cm 26 x 18 These accurate and vivid representations of birds are from John Gerrard Keulemans, that a number of critics have rightly placed above his contemporaries in his field. J.G. Keulemans (June 1842 - March 1912) was born in Rotterdam and was a Dutch bird illustrator. He also spent a great deal of time in London, as well as in Africa and the Cape Verde Islands. The present print can be characterized as being beautifully executed traditional lithography, with an extraordinary rendering in very fine detail, all with original handcolouring, showing the subjects in association with indigenous flowering plants in their natural state and habitat. The colours are bright and very intense on a white medium weight paper and are heightened with arabic gum, to provide them a more glossed and vivid appearance. They were signed "J.G. Keulemans" in the plate, or by the last name alone, but by 1880 Keulemans simply used his initials. The condition of these prints is very good. There is no foxing. On white paper, that is in pristine conditions.