Pharomacrus Antisianus Subway Stations Poster for Switzerland showing a

Poster for Switzerland showing a mountain in the shape of a snowman with people skiing

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by the National Photo Company between 1909 and 1932

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Pharomacrus Antisianus Subway Stations Poster for Switzerland showing aJohn Gould, regarded by many as the greatest bird artist and publisher in Britain, produced fifteen folio sets during his career. The book on view is dedicated to a tropical bird called the "trogon." In his preface to the book, Gould wrote: "If not strictly elegant in form, the Trogons in the brilliancy of their plumage are surpassed only by the Trochilidae [toucans]: their splendor amply compensates for every other defect." The illustrations for this