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After Henrik Gronvold
Lord Howe Island Thickhead, Bird lithograph with hand-colouring, 1928

1928

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'Pachycephala Contempta - Lord Howe Island Thickhead' Limited edition lithograph with original hand colouring by Henrik Gronvold. From Mathews 'The Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands and The Australasian South Polar Quadrant', 1928. Henrik Gronvold was a Danish naturalist and artist. 335mm by 235mm (sheet)

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