Broinowski Little Black Cormorant antique bird print. Australian bird lithograph c1890.

by Broinowski, Gracius

Antique Print of Australian Cormorant. The Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax stictocephalus, discovered by Bonaparte who classified it as Microcarbo Stictocephalus), is the smallest of the cormorant family, and is usually found around fresh water creeks and lagoons of the interior of the southern parts of Australia. 

Original lithograph printed in colour by G.J. Broinowski for “The Birds of Australia” published in Sydney circa 1890. 

Born in Poland, Gracius Broinowski (1837-1913) came to Australia at the age of 20, apparently to avoid conscription. Arriving in Portland, Victoria he worked for a printer and publisher, then spent many years travelling around Australia. From 1880 Broinowski taught painting in Sydney and then lithographed the birds of New Zealand and the mammals and birds of Australia.

Page size 365 x 270mm (approximately 14.25 x 10.5 inches). Conservation reinforcement/repairs of four tiny extremity tears - which do not affect this beautiful bird study. The accompanying text is available.