Johannes Gerardus Keulemans

b.1842, d.1912

The Island Snipe, Gallinago pusilla. The Eastern Godwit, Limosa novæ zealandæ

  • 1888
  • Chromolithograph
  • Purchased, 2010
  • 361 x 270mm
  • 2010/009

Johannes Gerardus Keulemans (also known as John Gerrard Keulemans or J.G. Keulemans) was a renowned bird artist, famed for his accuracy. He illustrated Walter Lawry Buller’s 1873 book 'A History of the Birds of New Zealand' but never came to Aotearoa, instead working from specimens and stuffed birds provided by Buller.