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Birds of the World: The Art of Elizabeth Gould

10,000 Birds

In the introduction, Hart and Datta delineate the many steps involved, starting with drawing on a large stone with greasy crayon and ending with colorists hand-coloring based on Elizabeth’s template (with John Gould checking the proof between printing and coloring). ” In the introductory section (time to go back to the beginning!)

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