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Kefford, Original Watercolor - Lesser Bird of Paradise - From Ibis 1905 Pl 8

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Start price: $750

Estimated price: $2,000 - $4,000

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Description

This exceptional original watercolor is by Lucinda Kingsley Kefford. Her work was bound within Richard Bowdler Sharpe’s
Birds of Paradise. She used Whatmann watermarked paper dated 1911 and modeled her watercolors after notable images from Gould’s
Birds of Australia,
The Ibis, Van Oort’s
Birds of New Guinea or
Nova Guinea,
Journal of Ornithology, and
Novitates Zoologicae. Kefford was an early owner of the work. She was from Suffolk, England and lived from 1867 to 1950. Kefford was lithographic artist and student at the Royal Society of Art.

Paper Size: ~ 14 1/2" by 21 1/2"

Paper Type or Special Features: Original Watercolor on Whatman Watermarked Paper


Condition report:

The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions.

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