Lemon-rumped Toucan (Ramphastos Citreopygus)

John Gould was probably the most prolific ornithological artist of the 19th century and regularly recorded newly discovered exotic bird species. This meticulously drawn print shows a toucan from South America and highlights the artist’s careful attention to its plumage. The print formed part of a volume that represented the first concerted attempt to produce a monograph on the toucan family. It was based on an original watercolor by Gould, which was transferred to a lithographic stone and hand-colored with the assistance of the artist’s wife, Elizabeth Coxen Gould (1804–1841). The Spencer Library at the University of Kansas has one of the largest collections in the world of original drawings by John Gould.