Larus Gallery

Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans (vulnerable)

Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans (vulnerable), and gull, Larus canus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Coutant, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

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Grallatores, Palmipedes, Wading and Swimming Birds (colour litho)

6016775 Grallatores, Palmipedes, Wading and Swimming Birds (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grallatores, Palmipedes, Wading and Swimming Birds. Illustration for Natural History of the Animal Kingdom for the Use of Young People, Part II, Birds, by W F Kirby (SPCK, 1889).); A© Look and Learn; European, out of copyright

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Herring gull (Larus argentatus) flying over sea. Great Saltee Island, Saltee Islands

Herring gull (Larus argentatus) flying over sea. Great Saltee Island, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland. June

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