Johannes Keulemans, 'Three Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris)', circa 1900 - Print Size:A2

Johannes Keulemans, 'Three Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris)', circa 1900 - Print Size:A2The name of Sir Walter Lawry Buller is synonymous with A history of the birds of New Zealand, but the artist who produced its famous illustrations is less well known. Johannes Gerardus Keulemans was born in the Netherlands in 1842, and in 1869 he settled in London, where he became a highly popular illustrator of natural history publications. Buller first published A history of the birds of New Zealand in 1873, having secured Keulemans, who was already

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