J. G. Keulemans was a dutch-born artist who is known for being the illustrator behind many of the nineteenth centuries most notable ornithology books. His works included being the illustrater for the well-known A History of the Birds of New Zealand by Sir Walter L Buller. The Alexander Turnbull Library holds a number of items related to Keulemans, including illustrations, published books and subsequent derivative works post his death. These can be found here.

Australian natural history painter and self taught artist George Raper is another source of amazing bird imagery within the Alexander Turnbull Library collection. His paintings of birds, other animals and plants are held at the Alexander Turnbull Library, the British Museum (Natural History), the
Mitchell Library, Sydney, the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and the National Library of Australia. The Raper collection items can be found here.

Images from the Keulemans and Raper collections have been used as the base for the "Birds of New Zealand" range. The imagery used on our products is shown below, with a link provided to view the original artwork.