Birds of Paradise - Gould and Elliot 1.0

The Birds of Paradise are the most lusciously coloured and elegant family of birds. They are natives of Papua New Guinea and the Aro Islands. This screensaver contains 48 images from two of the most magnificent books of ornithological art produced in the 19th century: Daniel Elliots A Monograph of the Birds of Paradise (1873), and John Goulds Monograph of the Birds of Paradise (1891-1898).

Elliot worked closely with renowned animal artist Joseph Wolf who drew the illustrations in Elliots book. Goulds close associate, artist Richard Sharpe, completed Goulds work on the Birds of Paradise after Gould died. The dazzling hand-colored lithographs of both books are unequaled, even by todays modern printing techniques.