Green, Roland

211 drawings by Roland Green, comprising: 4 watercolour drawings, of which 3 are large single images, each signed, and one a composite of smaller vignettes; and 207 ink or ink and wash drawings comprising pictorial title-page, 2 pictorial headings, 16 full-page illustrations of which 6 are ink and wash, 33 pictorial chapter headpieces with integral lettering, 84 illustrations and 71 vignettes, the majority of the full-page illustrations are signed by the artist, many of the drawings are annotated, some drawn or mounted together on larger sheets, some general soiling, some vignettes cut to outline (qty.)

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Rev. Canon Theodore Wood's Birds One Should Know was published by Gay and Hancock in 1921. It contained 8 coloured plates, however only 4 of these are present in the present lot (Kestrel, Lapwing, Barn Owl, Heads of 15 Birds), but it would appear that this is a full set of the ink and ink and wash drawings. The design for the cover is also present - drawn by another artist, being initialled 'G.S.' Included with the lot is a copy of the book (lacking one of the plates). 

Roland Green, F.Z.S., was born in Kent, the son of a taxidermist from whom he learnt the anatomy of birds, but spent much of his life in Norfolk. He specialised in birds in flight, working directly from source rather than from photographs. He produced several books for Gay and Hancock and also worked on Gregory Mathews' 12 volume The Birds of Australia, 1910-1927.