Tufted Duck, French antique bird duck art illustration print

1931

'Canard Nyroca - Canard Milouinan' (Ferruginous Duck) French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series o...

'Canard Sauvage' (Wild Duck) French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations of birds....

'Canard Pilet' (Northern Pintail) French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations of b...

'Canard Tadorne' (Common Shelduck) French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations of ...

Female Tufted Duck – Nyroca Fuligula – Swedish Bird Print after von Wright, 1929 This finely printed ornithological plate from 1929 depicts the fe...

Female Tufted Duck Antique Bird Print by Sepp & Nozeman, circa 1797 This striking antique print, titled 'Anas Fuligula, Foemina', depicts the female tufted duck, known in Dutch as the "kuifeend." It is a beautifully hand-colored engraving from the monumental ornithological work 'Nederlandsche Vogelen', published in Amsterdam between 1770 and 1829. This specific plate dates to approximately 1797 and exemplifies the precise and elegant style that characterizes the publication. The tufted duck ('Aythya fuligula') is a small yet robust diving duck...

This antique print, titled 'Nyroca Fuligula', depicts a female tufted duck in delicate detail, highlighting the bird's characteristic brown plumage and distinctive yellow eye. The tu...

Peter Paillou (c.1720 – c.1790) was a British artist best known for his paintings of birds, many of which were used as book illustrations. He gained repute in the 18th century as a natural history painter and illustrator. He was employed by two leading naturalists and antiquarians of the time, Taylor White (1701-1772) and Thomas Pennant (1726-1798). He illustrated the latter's British Zoology and decorated the hall at Downing, Pennant's house in Flintshire, with several pictures of birds...