Henry Constantine Richter (1821–1902) was a zoological illustrator

Illustrator

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Richter was employed by John Gould

John Gould

John Gould was an English ornithologist and bird artist. The Gould League in Australia was named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection...

 to assist with the illustrations of his zoological works after the death of Gould's wife Elizabeth

Elizabeth Gould (illustrator)

Elizabeth Gould was a British artist and illustrator, married to naturalist John Gould. She produced many illustrations for his ornithological works....

. Richter produced about 1,600 lithographic plates and watercolours for his employer.

Two of his best known illustrations are those of thylacine

Thylacine

The thylacine or ,also ;binomial name: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Greek for "dog-headed pouched one") was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger or the Tasmanian wolf...

s, from Gould's The Mammals of Australia

The Mammals of Australia

The Mammals of Australia is a three volume work written and published by John Gould between 1845–63. It contains 182 illustrations by the author and its artist H. C. Richter...

 (1845–63); often copied since their publication, and the most frequently reproduced, one was given further exposure by Cascade Brewery

Cascade Brewery

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's appropriation for its label in 1987. The government of Tasmania published a monochromatic reproduction of the same image in 1934, the author Louisa Anne Meredith

Louisa Anne Meredith

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 also copied it for Tasmanian Friends and Foes (1881).

Works illustrated by Richter

• The Birds of Australia
• The Mammals of Australia
  The Mammals of Australia
  The Mammals of Australia is a three volume work written and published by John Gould between 1845–63. It contains 182 illustrations by the author and its artist H. C. Richter...
  
  
• A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Toucans by John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter, 1854
• newly printed with 51 coloured plates: Taschen
  Taschen
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  , Cologne, Germany 2011 ISBN 978-3-8365-0524-6