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Bird of Paradise (Paradisea apoda)

John Gould · published 1875-1888

Palette

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Artist

John Gould
1804–1898

Date

published 1875-1888

Type

Print

Medium

hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

Size

sheet: 55.9 x 38.7 cm (22 x 15 1/4 in.)

Place

British

Period

19th century

Themes

Birds

Main colour

White & cream · lightness 76, colourfulness 21

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1898: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1969. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules