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Peter Shute <> |
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Bird prints - who was Gould? |
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brian fleming <> |
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Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:56:30 +1000 |
Peter Shute wrote:
wrote on Friday, 29 June 2007 9:16 AM:
I always think that collecting Gould pictures is a bit like
collecting antique furniture. Sure, he was a ground breaker
and did some good work, but you can get better images with a
not too expensive digital camera. :)>>>
Especially the ones he never actually saw. From the article:
"This yellow-tailed cockatoo was illustrated in the 1790s. It is an
inaccurate representation because it was drawn from a skin brought back
from Australia."
I always wondered why some of the pictures looked weird - too skinny or
too fat, etc. I expect that's why.
Peter Shute
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The YTBC is not by Gould - but by a much earlier artist. Birds in early
depictions often seem to have elongated necks because the frame in which
shot game-birds (and anything else) were carried held them by their
necks - and probably wrung the necks of anything they knocked down but
didn't kill outright.. This stretched the specimen out of shape. The
artist, working from the skin, didn't know enough to correct the
picture. I believe quail-shooters still use a frame to carry their
victims, and sling it from their belt.
Anthea Fleming
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