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Style: Victorian
Original Antique English Dog Picture Head Portrait in Gilt frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Head Portrait of a Dog
English School, 19th century
oleograph on paper on board, framed glass covered
framed: 13 x 11.5 inches
board: 9.5 x 8 inches
Provenance: private collection, E...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Digital
Monkeys, English antique animal engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Monkeys
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Seals, English antique animal engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Seals
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Asiatic Elephants, English antique animal engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Asiatic Elephants
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Snowy Heron /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Snowy Egret Bird
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "Snowy Heron" (Plate 374, No. 75)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original...
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
American Anhinga - Snake Bird /// John James Audubon Ornithology Natural History
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "American Anhinga - Snake Bird" (Plate 420, No. 84)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper
Limited edition: approx. 1,200
Printer: John T. Bowen, Philadelphia, PA
Publisher: John James Audubon and J.B. Chevalier, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA
Sheet size: 10" x 6.69"
Image size: 6.63" x 4.63"
Condition: Minor toning to sheet and some faint discoloration in margins. Old glue staining along right binding edge as normal. It is otherwise in very good condition with strong colors
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Cleveland, OH. Lithography and hand-coloring by American artist John T. Bowen (1801-c.1856). Comes from Audubon's famous seven volume portfolio "The Birds of America", First Royal Octavo Edition (1840-1844), which consists of 500 hand-colored lithographs. The preceding 1836 Havell edition of this work has a different title: "Black-bellied Darter", (Plate: CCCXVI - 396, No. 64).
Based on a drawing inscribed "New Orleans 1822 - redrawn ... 1836". This conspicuous bird had various names including "water turkey" and "Bec à Lancette".
The Anhinga, sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from a'ñinga in the Brazilian Tupi language and means "devil bird" or "snake bird".
To make 'The Birds of America' more affordable and widely available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a smaller version of the folio which was printed and hand-colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced in size, rendered in intermediate drawings by John James Audubon and his son John Woodhouse, and then drawn onto lithographic stones. These miniatures exhibit a remarkable amount of attention to quality and detail, as well as a meticulous fidelity to the larger works. Some compositional changes were made in order to accommodate the smaller format. Like the Havell edition, John James Audubon’s first...
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
American Flamingo /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Bird Litho
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "American Flamingo" (Plate 375, No. 75)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo E...
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Set of Four Hand-Colored Ornithological Engravings by John Latham /// Bird UK
By John Latham
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Latham (English, 1740-1837)
Title: "New-Zealand Plover", "Nilid Grosbeak", "Black-throated Bunting", and "Variegated Chatterer"
Portfolio: A General History of Birds
Year: 1821-1828 (second edition)
Medium: Set of Four Original Hand-Colored Engravings on wove paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Jacob & Johnson, Winchester, UK
Publisher: John Latham, Winchester, UK
Reference: Brunet III, 872; Lowndes II, page 1314; Fine Bird Books page 87; Nissen IVB 532; Zimmer page 376
Sheet size (each): approx. 11.13" x 8.75"
Image size (each): approx. 4.75" x 4.5"
Condition: "New-Zealand Plover" has some light offsetting and a few faint areas of discoloration at top in margin. "Nilid Grosbeak" has some faint areas of discoloration. They are all otherwise in excellent condition with strong colors
Rare
Notes:
Provenance: acquired from Christie's, New York, NY, December 19, 1990. Comes from Latham's famous eleven volume portfolio "A General History of Birds" (1821-1828) (second edition), which consists of 193 hand-colored prints, made from engraved plates. "New-Zealand Plover" has an unidentified "1823" watermark lower right.
Biography:
John Latham (27 June 1740 – 4 February 1837) was an English physician, naturalist and author. His main works were A General Synopsis of Birds (1781–1801) and General History of Birds (1821–1828). He was able to examine specimens of Australian birds...
Category
1820s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio
Squirrels, English antique animal engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Squirrels
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Eared Grebe /// John James Audubon Ornithology Havell Edition Bird Animal Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "Eared Grebe" (Plate CCCCIV - 404; part No. 81)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, Havell Edition
Year: 1838
Medium: Original Ha...
Category
1830s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Aquatint, Intaglio
Camels, English antique animal engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Camels
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Tropic Bird /// Ornithology John James Audubon Shorebird Ocean Beach Seascape
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "Tropic Bird" (Plate CCLXII - 262; part No. 53)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, Havell Edition
Year: 1835
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Engraving with Aquatint on double-elephant folio, J. Whatman paper
Limited edition: approx. 180
Printer: Robert Havell Jr., London, England
Publisher: John James Audubon, London, England
Framing: Not framed, but matted in a handmade custom French matting
Matted size: 30" x 38.75"
Sheet size: 25.5" x 36"
Platemark size: 20.75" x 30.25"
Image size: 18.5" x 27.75"
Condition: A few tiny foxmarks. In excellent condition with clean paper and strong colors
Rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - New York, NY. Engraved, printed, and hand-colored by English artist Robert Havell Jr. (1793-1878). Comes from Audubon's monumental book volume "The Birds of America", (Havell Edition, 1827-1838), which consists of 435 hand-colored, life-size prints, made from engraved plates, with each sheet originally measuring around 39" x 26". "J. Whatman 1835" watermark upper right.
Based on a composition painted between 1832 and 1835. Audubon sailed the entire length of Florida, around the Keys and as far as the Dry Tortugas, from which, on another occasion, "The specimens - in the plate were taken - by my kind friend Robert Day, Esq. of the United States Revenue Cutter...
Category
Early 1800s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Aquatint, Intaglio
Antique English Dog Picture Head Portrait Rare Breed Antique Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Head Portrait of a Dog
English School, 19th century
oleograph print on paper on board, framed glass covered
framed: 13 x 11.5 inches
board: 9.5 x 8 inches
Provenance: private collect...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Color
American Wild Turkey and Curassows, English antique bird engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
American Wild Turkey and Curassows
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Roseate Spoonbill /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Bird Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "Roseate Spoonbill" (Plate 362, No. 73)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper
Limited edition: approx. 1,200
Printer: John T. Bowen, Philadelphia, PA
Publisher: John James Audubon and J.B. Chevalier, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA
Sheet size: 6.69" x 10.5"
Image size: 5" x 7.63"
Condition: Minor toning and faint offsetting to sheet. In otherwise excellent condition with strong colors
Very rare
The "Roseate Spoonbill" is one of the very top, absolute most desirable birds from Audubon's famous "Birds of America" series
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - San Francisco, CA. Lithography and hand-coloring by American artist John T. Bowen (1801-c.1856). Comes from Audubon's famous seven volume portfolio "The Birds of America", First Royal Octavo Edition (1840-1844), which consists of 500 hand-colored lithographs. The sheet interestingly still retains two of its original binding strings across its bottom edge.
Based on a composition painted in Florida in 1831 or 1832. "This beautiful and singular bird" was prized for its wings and tail feathers which were made into fans in St. Augustine.
The roseate spoonbill is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is a resident breeder in both South and North America. The roseate spoonbill's pink color is diet-derived, consisting of the carotenoid pigment canthaxanthin, like the American flamingo.
To make 'The Birds of America' more affordable and widely available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a smaller version of the folio which was printed and hand-colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced in size, rendered in intermediate drawings by John James Audubon and his son John Woodhouse, and then drawn onto lithographic stones. These miniatures exhibit a remarkable amount of attention to quality and detail, as well as a meticulous fidelity to the larger works. Some compositional changes were made in order to accommodate the smaller format. Like the Havell edition, John James Audubon’s first...
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Large Classical Bird Color Print after John James Audubon - Mallard Duck
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Bird print,
after John James Audubon,
printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York
unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on paper
condition: very good
provenance: from...
Category
20th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Color
Arctic Fox /// Natural History Animal John James Audubon Watercolor Lithograph
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "Arctic Fox" (Plate 121, No. 25)
Portfolio: The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Imperial Bow...
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
The Alligator (In the Gardens of the Zoological Society) /// Natural History Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Robert Huish (English, 1777-1850)
Title: "The Alligator (In the Gardens of the Zoological Society)" (Plate 26)
Portfolio: The Wonders of the Animal Kingdom; Exhibiting Deline...
Category
1830s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
Full Practice. Terrier dogs. 19th century mixed method engraving, circa 1865
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Full Practice', mixed method engraving published in New York, circa 1865.
After the painting by George Armfield.
475mm by 610mm (platemark)
505mm by 645mm (sheet)
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Stock, tinted lithograph of cattle and sheep, by Thomas Sydney Cooper
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Tinted lithograph with white highlights, from 'Thirty-Four Subjects of Cattle', published in 1837 by Thos. McLean, Ackermann and Tilt. Printed at A Ducote's Lithographic Establishmen...
Category
1830s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Brebis, antique French 1760s sheep engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'La Brebis'
Copper-line engraving, circa 1765
From Buffon's "Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere Avec la Description du Cabinet du Roi" which was published in Paris.
24c...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Phalacrocorax Graculus (Spectacled Cormorant) /// John Gould Ornithology Bird
By John Gould
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Gould (English, 1804-1881)
Title: "Phalacrocorax Graculus (Spectacled Cormorant)" (Vol. 5, Plate 53)
Portfolio: The Birds of Great Britain
Year: 1862-1873
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper
Limited edition: approx. 750
Printer: Walter or Walter & Cohn, London, UK
Publisher: Taylor and Francis, John Gould, London, UK
Reference: Sauer No. 23; Ayer/Zimmer page 261; Wood page 365; Nissen No. IVB 372; Sitwell page 78
Sheet size: 21.63" x 14.75"
Image size: 17.25" x 12.25"
Condition: Has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition with strong colors
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. Lithography and hand-coloring by John Gould and English artist Henry Constantine Richter (1821-1902). Comes from Gould's five volume "The Birds of Great Britain", (1862-1873) (First edition), which consists of 367 hand-colored lithographs. Other contributing lithographers were German artist Joseph Wolf (1820-1899) and Irish artist William Hart (1830-1908). "The Birds of Great Britain" is recognized as Gould's greatest work. Gold gilded edges as issued.
The spectacled cormorant or Pallas's cormorant is an extinct marine bird of the cormorant family of seabirds that inhabited Bering Island and possibly other places in the Commander Islands and the nearby coast of Kamchatka in the far northeast of Russia.
Biography:
John Gould FRS (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist and bird artist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates that he produced with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart. He has been considered the father of bird study in Australia and the Gould League in Australia is 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. Gould's work is referenced in Charles Darwin's book, "On the Origin of Species".
Category
1860s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Playmates, mezzotint of child and cat by Cousins after Hugues Merle
By Samuel Cousins
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Hugues Merle was a French painter who mostly depicted sentimental or moral subjects. Samuel Cousins was a highly regarded mezzotint engraver.
350mm by 2...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Bonaparte’s Flycatching-Warbler (Great Magnolia) /// Ornithology Bird Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "Bonaparte’s Flycatching-Warbler (Great Magnolia)" (Plate 73, No. 15)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper
Limited edition: approx. 1,200
Printer: John T. Bowen, Philadelphia, PA
Publisher: John James Audubon and J.B. Chevalier, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA
Sheet size: 10.5" x 6.5"
Image size: 7.5" x 5.63"
Condition: Minor area of discoloration upper right corner. In excellent condition with strong colors
Notes:
Lithography and hand-coloring by American artist John T. Bowen (1801-c.1856). Comes from Audubon's famous seven volume portfolio "The Birds of America", First Royal Octavo Edition (1840-1844), which consists of 500 hand-colored lithographs.
Based on a composition painted on August 13, 1821.
The Canada warbler is a small boreal songbird of the New World warbler family. It summers in Canada and northeastern United States and winters in northern South America.
To make 'The Birds of America' more affordable and widely available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a smaller version of the folio which was printed and hand-colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced in size, rendered in intermediate drawings by John James Audubon and his son John Woodhouse, and then drawn onto lithographic stones. These miniatures exhibit a remarkable amount of attention to quality and detail, as well as a meticulous fidelity to the larger works. Some compositional changes were made in order to accommodate the smaller format. Like the Havell edition, John James Audubon’s first...
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
English early 20th century, A Common Hare in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Vintage Archibald Thorburn colored chromolithograph.
The colors are amazing, giving the painting a really great appearance .
Printed circa 1919, the picture is inscribed ...
Category
1910s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Paper
Kiwi, Apteryx Owenii, New Zealand bird lithograph with hand-colouring, c1875
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Apteryx Owenii Juv.' (Young Grey Kiwi)
From G.D. Rowley's, 'Ornithological Miscellany', 1875 - 78.
Johannes Gerardus Keulemans (1842 - 1912) was a Dutch bird...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Large Classical Bird Color Print after John James Audubon - Painted Finch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Bird print,
after John James Audubon,
printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York
unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on pap...
Category
20th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Color
Large Classical Bird Color Print after John James Audubon - Cat Bird
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Bird print,
after John James Audubon,
printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York
unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on pap...
Category
20th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Color
Sea Birds, English antique bird engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Sea Birds
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Sea Birds, English antique bird engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Sea Birds
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
White-fronted Shearwater, Sea Bird lithograph with hand-colouring, 1928
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Calonectris Leucomelas (White-Fronted Shearwater)'
Limited edition lithograph with original hand colouring by Henrik Gronvold. From Mathews 'The Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Isla...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Florida Cormorant /// John James Audubon Ornithology Bird Art Natural History
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "Florida Cormorant" (Plate 417, No. 84)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper
Limited edition: approx. 1,200
Printer: John T. Bowen, Philadelphia, PA
Publisher: John James Audubon and J.B. Chevalier, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA
Sheet size: 6.5" x 10.44"
Image size: 3.75" x 6.25"
Condition: Some minor discoloration upper center in margin. In excellent condition with strong colors
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Cleveland, OH. Lithography and hand-coloring by American artist John T. Bowen (1801-c.1856). Comes from Audubon's famous seven volume portfolio "The Birds of America", First Royal Octavo Edition (1840-1844), which consists of 500 hand-colored lithographs.
Based on a composition painted in the Florida Keys on April 26, 1832, Audubon's forty-seventh birthday.
The double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) is a member of the cormorant family of water birds. It is found near rivers and lakes and in coastal areas and is widely distributed across North America, from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska down to Florida and Mexico. Measuring 70–90 cm (28–35 in) in length, it is entirely black except for a bare patch of orange-yellow facial skin and some extra plumage that it exhibits in the breeding season when it grows a double crest in which black feathers are mingled with white. Five subspecies are recognized. It mainly eats fish and hunts by swimming and diving. Its feathers, like all cormorants, are not waterproof, and it must dry them out after spending time in the water. Once threatened by the use of DDT, the numbers of this bird have increased markedly in recent years.
To make 'The Birds of America' more affordable and widely available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a smaller version of the folio which was printed and hand-colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced in size, rendered in intermediate drawings by John James Audubon and his son John Woodhouse, and then drawn onto lithographic stones. These miniatures exhibit a remarkable amount of attention to quality and detail, as well as a meticulous fidelity to the larger works. Some compositional changes were made in order to accommodate the smaller format. Like the Havell edition, John James Audubon’s first...
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Large Classical Bird Color Print after John James Audubon - Baltimore Oriole
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Bird print,
after John James Audubon,
printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York
unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on pap...
Category
20th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Color
Lord Howe Island Crow-Shrike, Bird lithograph with hand-colouring, 1928
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Strepera Crissalis (Lord howe Island Crow-Shrike)'
Limited edition lithograph with original hand colouring by Henrik Gronvold. From Mathews 'The Birds of N...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pericrocotus Flammeus (Orange Minivet) /// John Gould Ornithology Animal Bird
By John Gould
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Gould (English, 1804-1881)
Title: "Pericrocotus Flammeus (Orange Minivet)" (Vol. 2, Plate 8)
Portfolio: The Birds of Asia
Year: 1850-1883
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper
Limited edition: approx. 235
Printer: Hullmandel & Walton, T. Walter or Walter & Cohn, London, UK
Publisher: Taylor and Francis, John Gould, London, UK
Reference: Anker No. 178; Nissen No. IVB 368; Sauer No. 17, Zimmer page 258; Wood page 365; Sitwell page 102
Sheet size: 21.38" x 14.57"
Image size: 16.25" x 10"
Condition: Faint UV stain to sheet and light toning at edges. Remnants of mounting tape from previous framing at top edge on verso. Has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition with strong colors
Very rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. Lithography and hand-coloring by John Gould and English artist Henry Constantine Richter (1821-1902). Comes from Gould's seven volume "The Birds of Asia", (1850-1883) (First edition), which consists of 530 hand-colored lithographs. Other contributing lithographers were German artist Joseph Wolf (1820-1899) and Irish artist William Hart (1830-1908). "The Birds of Asia" was Gould's last work before his death. Gold gilded edges as issued.
The orange minivet is a brightly colored bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. It is found all along the Western Ghats and west coast of India and Sri Lanka.
Biography:
John Gould FRS (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist and bird artist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates that he produced with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart. He has been considered the father of bird study in Australia and the Gould League in Australia is 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. Gould's work is referenced in Charles Darwin's book, "On the Origin of Species".
Category
1850s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
English early 20th century, An Irish Hare and a Mountain hare in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Vintage Archibald Thorburn colored chromolithograph.
The colors are amazing, giving the painting a really great appearance .
Printed circa 1919, the picture is inscribed ...
Category
1910s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Paper
Townsend's Cormorant /// John James Audubon Ornithology Bird Art Natural History
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "Townsend's Cormorant" (Plate 418, No. 84)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper
Limited edition: approx. 1,200
Printer: John T. Bowen, Philadelphia, PA
Publisher: John James Audubon and J.B. Chevalier, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA
Sheet size: 10.13" x 6.5"
Image size: 4.38" x 5"
Condition: Light toning to sheet. Some light foxing and small areas of discoloration. Remnants of mounting tape from previous framing on verso. The white background was recently also hand-colored. In otherwise good condition with strong colors
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Nashville, TN; acquired from a gallery in Nashville, TN. Lithography and hand-coloring by American artist John T. Bowen (1801-c.1856). Comes from Audubon's famous seven volume portfolio "The Birds of America", First Royal Octavo Edition (1840-1844), which consists of 500 hand-colored lithographs.
Based on a composition probably painted in London in 1838, from a specimen obtained near the mouth of the Columbia River.
Brandt's cormorant is a strictly marine bird of the cormorant family of seabirds that inhabits the Pacific coast of North America. It ranges, in the summer, from Alaska to the Gulf of California, but the population north of Vancouver Island migrates south during the winter.
To make 'The Birds of America' more affordable and widely available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a smaller version of the folio which was printed and hand-colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced in size, rendered in intermediate drawings by John James Audubon and his son John Woodhouse, and then drawn onto lithographic stones. These miniatures exhibit a remarkable amount of attention to quality and detail, as well as a meticulous fidelity to the larger works. Some compositional changes were made in order to accommodate the smaller format. Like the Havell edition, John James Audubon’s first...
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1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Set of Four Hand-Colored Ornithological Engravings by John Latham /// Bird UK
By John Latham
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Latham (English, 1740-1837)
Title: "Parrot-billed Grosbeaks", "White backed Coly", "Banksian Cockatoo", and "Variegated Tanager"
Portfolio: A General History of Birds
Year: 1821-1828 (second edition)
Medium: Set of Four Original Hand-Colored Engravings on watermarked wove paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Jacob & Johnson, Winchester, UK
Publisher: John Latham, Winchester, UK
Reference: Brunet III, 872; Lowndes II, page 1314; Fine Bird Books page 87; Nissen IVB 532; Zimmer page 376
Sheet size (each): approx. 11.25" x 8.88"
Image size (each): approx. 5.75" x 4.75"
Condition: "Parrot-billed Grosbeaks" and "White backed Coly" have light offsetting to their sheets. "Banksian Cockatoo" and "Variegated Tanager" have moderate offsetting to their sheets. The "Variegated Tanager" also has a few light spots of discoloration at top in margins. They are all otherwise in good condition with strong colors
Rare
Notes:
Provenance: acquired from Christie's, New York, NY, December 19, 1990. Comes from Latham's famous eleven volume portfolio "A General History of Birds" (1821-1828) (second edition), which consists of 193 hand-colored prints, made from engraved plates. "Parrot-billed Grosbeaks" and "Variegated Tanager" have an unidentified "1821" watermark lower right and upper right respectively. "Banksian Cockatoo" as a partially visible "1820?" watermark lower right.
Biography:
John Latham (27 June 1740 – 4 February 1837) was an English physician, naturalist and author. His main works were A General Synopsis of Birds (1781–1801) and General History of Birds (1821–1828). He was able to examine specimens of Australian birds...
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1820s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio
Aegiothus Linaria (Common Redpoll) /// John Gould Ornithology Bird Lithograph
By John Gould
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Gould (English, 1804-1881)
Title: "Aegiothus Linaria (Common Redpoll)" (Vol. 3, Plate 51)
Portfolio: The Birds of Great Britain
Year: 1862-1873
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper
Limited edition: approx. 750
Printer: Walter or Walter & Cohn, London, UK
Publisher: Taylor and Francis, John Gould, London, UK
Reference: Sauer No. 23; Ayer/Zimmer page 261; Wood page 365; Nissen No. IVB 372; Sitwell page 78
Sheet size: 21.63" x 14.75"
Image size: 13.75" x 10.5"
Condition: Faint UV stain to sheet. Remnants of mounting tape from previous framing on verso. Has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition with strong colors
Very rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. Lithography and hand-coloring by John Gould and English artist Henry Constantine Richter (1821-1902). Comes from Gould's five volume "The Birds of Great Britain", (1862-1873) (First edition), which consists of 367 hand-colored lithographs. Other contributing lithographers were German artist Joseph Wolf (1820-1899) and Irish artist William Hart (1830-1908). "The Birds of Great Britain" is recognized as Gould's greatest work. Gold gilded edges as issued.
The common redpoll or mealy redpoll is a species of bird in the finch family. It breeds somewhat further south than the Arctic redpoll, also in habitats with thickets or shrubs.
Biography:
John Gould FRS (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist and bird artist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates that he produced with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart. He has been considered the father of bird study in Australia and the Gould League in Australia is 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. Gould's work is referenced in Charles Darwin's book, "On the Origin of Species".
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1860s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Set of Four Hand-Colored Ornithological Engravings by John Latham /// Bird UK
By John Latham
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Latham (English, 1740-1837)
Title: "Kamtschatkan Thrush", "Spotted-sided Grosbeak", "Crimson-bellied Flycatcher", and "Black-headed Grosbeak"
Portfolio: A General History of Birds
Year: 1821-1828 (second edition)
Medium: Set of Four Original Hand-Colored Engravings on watermarked wove paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Jacob & Johnson, Winchester, UK
Publisher: John Latham, Winchester, UK
Reference: Brunet III, 872; Lowndes II, page 1314; Fine Bird Books page 87; Nissen IVB 532; Zimmer page 376
Sheet size (each): approx. 11.25" x 8.88"
Image size (each): approx. 4.5" x 4.5"
Condition: "Kamtschatkan Thrush", "Crimson-bellied Flycatcher", and "Black-headed Grosbeak" have some light offsetting to their sheets. "Spotted-sided Grosbeak" has some minor foxmarks and some light discoloration upper left in margin. They are all otherwise in very good condition with strong colors
Rare
Notes:
Provenance: acquired from Christie's, New York, NY, December 19, 1990. Comes from Latham's famous eleven volume portfolio "A General History of Birds" (1821-1828) (second edition), which consists of 193 hand-colored prints, made from engraved plates. "Kamtschatkan Thrush" and "Crimson-bellied Flycatcher" have an unidentified "1821" watermark lower right and upper right respectively. "Spotted-sided Grosbeak" has a "1820" watermark lower right.
Biography:
John Latham (27 June 1740 – 4 February 1837) was an English physician, naturalist and author. His main works were A General Synopsis of Birds (1781–1801) and General History of Birds (1821–1828). He was able to examine specimens of Australian birds...
Category
1820s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio
Lepidoptera (Butterflies) /// Scottish Natural History Zoology Animal Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William MacGillivray (Scottish, 1796-1852)
Title: "Lepidoptera (Butterflies)" (Plate XII)
Portfolio: The Edinburgh Journal of Natural History, and of The Physical Sciences
Ye...
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1830s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio
English Victorian 19th Horse Racing scene with Jockeys
Located in Woodbury, CT
Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life. Aldin executed village scenes and rura...
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Early 1900s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
South Polar Skua, Sea Bird lithograph with hand-colouring, 1928
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Catharacta Maccormicki (South Polar Skua)'
Limited edition lithograph with original hand colouring by Henrik Gronvold. From Mathews 'The Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Sooty Albatross, Sea Bird lithograph with hand-colouring, 1928
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Phoebetria Fusca (Sooty Albartross)'
Limited edition lithograph with original hand colouring by Henrik Gronvold. From Mathews 'The Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chrysocolaptes Xanthocephalus (Yellow-faced flameback) /// John Gould Ornitholog
By John Gould
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Gould (English, 1804-1881)
Title: "Chrysocolaptes Xanthocephalus (Yellow-faced flameback)" (Vol. 6, Plate 37)
Portfolio: The Birds of Asia
Year: 1850-1883
Medium: Origin...
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1850s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Wilson’s Petrel - Mother Carey’s Chicken /// Ornithology Bird Seascape Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "Wilson’s Petrel - Mother Carey’s Chicken" (Plate 460, No. 92)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, F...
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Le Mouton de Barbarie, antique French 1760s sheep engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Le Mouton de Barbarie'
Copper-line engraving, circa 1765
From Buffon's "Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere Avec la Description du Cabinet du Roi" which was published in Paris.
Jacques E. De Seve...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Set of Six Hand-Colored Lithograph Ornithological Prints from "The Ibis"
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Philip Lutley Sclater (English, 1829-1913)
Titles: "Crossoptilon Harmani (Tibetan eared Pheasant)", "Hypotaenidia Sulcirostris (Barred Rail)", "Craspedophora Duivenbodei (Dui...
Category
1850s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Set of Six Hand-Colored Lithograph Ornithological Prints from "The Ibis"
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Philip Lutley Sclater (English, 1829-1913)
Titles: "Loria Mariae (MacGregor's Bowerbird)", "Cnemophilus Macgregorii (Crested Satinbird)", "Aegotheles Savesi (New Caledonian O...
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1870s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Birds of Prey, English antique bird engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Birds of Prey
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
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Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Doria's Tree Kangaroo, New Guinea natural history animal lithograph, 1936
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Dendrolaugus Dorianus ab. loc. Aureus'
Tree kangaroo native to New Guinea.
From 'On the Genus Dendrolagus' by Lionel Walter Rothschild and Guy Dollman, published in 'Transaction...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Poultry, English antique bird engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Poultry
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
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Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Lizards, antique natural history reptile chromolithograph print, circa 1895
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Echsen I'
Lizards - chromolithograph from a German natural history series.
Key to lizards below the image.
Gustav Mutzel was a German artist famous ...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Shooting. English engraving by Woollett after George Stubbs, 1799
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Shooting - Plate II', engraving from George Stubb's famous set of four shooting engravings.
Copper-line engraving with later hand-colouring by William...
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Late 18th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Eagles, English antique bird engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Eagles
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
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Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Fish, English antique fish angling engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Fish
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Song Thrush etc, English antique bird engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Song Thrush etc'
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Cattle, English antique animal engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Cattle
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Victorian animal prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Victorian animal prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including John James Audubon, After Henrik Gronvold, Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, R.B.A., and John Latham. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Victorian animal prints, so small editions measuring 5.25 inches across are also available. Prices for animal prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $75 and tops out at $30,458, while the average work sells for $345.