$600
The Hoopoe /// William Hayes English Ornithology Hand-Colored Engraving Bird Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
In excellent condition Rare Notes: All of the works from this folio were engraved, printed, and hand-colored by English artist William Hayes (1735-1802) and his family including at ...
Intaglio, Engraving, Watercolor
$1,650Sale Price|40% Off
Red-Crested Cardinal - Antique Hand-Colored Print with William Hayes Sign, 1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Red-Crested Cardinal Antique Hand-Colored Bird Print by William Hayes, 1780 This charming eighteenth-century hand-colored copper engraving, signed “W.
Paper
"Shaft-Tailed Widah, " Antique Bird Print
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
This particular print is signed in ink by Emily Hayes.
Engraving
Red Headed Guinea Parrakeet
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Published posthumously by his family and printed by William Bulmer and Co., London, 1817; engravers and colorists include Emily Hayes, Matilda Hayes, & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
Purple Gallinule
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Published posthumously by his family and printed by William Bulmer and Co., London, 1817; engravers and colorists include Emily Hayes, Matilda Hayes, & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
Waxen Chatterer, Male
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Published posthumously by his family and printed by William Bulmer and Co., London, 1817; engravers and colorists include Emily Hayes, Matilda Hayes, & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
Red Winged Oriole
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Published posthumously by his family and printed by William Bulmer and Co., London, 1817; engravers and colorists include Emily Hayes, Matilda Hayes, & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
Rose-Headed Ring Parakeet
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Published posthumously by his family and printed by William Bulmer and Co., London, 1817; engravers and colorists include Emily Hayes, Matilda Hayes, & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
White Crowned Pigeon
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Published posthumously by his family and printed by William Bulmer and Co., London, 1817; engravers and colorists include Emily Hayes, Matilda Hayes, & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
Weaver Oriole
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Published posthumously by his family and printed by William Bulmer and Co., London, 1817; engravers and colorists include Emily Hayes, Matilda Hayes, & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
Paradise Tanager
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Published posthumously by his family and printed by William Bulmer and Co., London, 1817; engravers and colorists include Emily Hayes, Matilda Hayes, & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
The Erne
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Published posthumously by his family and printed by William Bulmer and Co., London, 1817; engravers and colorists include Emily Hayes, Matilda Hayes, & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
The Kind of the Vultures
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Published posthumously by his family and printed by William Bulmer and Co., London, 1817; engravers and colorists include Emily Hayes, Matilda Hayes, & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
Alexandrine Parrakeet
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Published posthumously by his family and printed by William Bulmer and Co., London, 1817; engravers and colorists include Emily Hayes, Matilda Hayes, & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
Set of Three Hand-Colored Engravings of Birds by William Hayes
By William Hayes
Located in Alexandria, VA
William Hayes (1729-1799) Southall, Middlesex, England is known for his "Portraits of British and Exotic Birds," published under the patronage of the Fourth Earl of Sandwich in 1778....
Glass, Paper
"Erne, " Antique Bird Print
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
This particular print is titled and signed W. & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
Yellow Gold Finch
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Published posthumously by his family and printed by William Bulmer and Co., London, 1817; engravers and colorists include Emily Hayes, Matilda Hayes, & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
Pencilled Chinese Pheasant, Male
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Published posthumously by his family and printed by William Bulmer and Co., London, 1817; engravers and colorists include Emily Hayes, Matilda Hayes, & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
The Painted Pheasant, Male
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Published posthumously by his family and printed by William Bulmer and Co., London, 1817; engravers and colorists include Emily Hayes, Matilda Hayes, & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
Amaduvade
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Published posthumously by his family and printed by William Bulmer and Co., London, 1817; engravers and colorists include Emily Hayes, Matilda Hayes, & Anne Hayes.
Engraving
$65
H 4 in W 8.5 in
1830s Scottish Hand-Colored Hummingbird Engravings by Sir William Jardine
Located in Roswell, GA
These original 1830s Scottish hummingbird prints are hand-colored engravings from Sir William Jardine’s celebrated The Naturalist’s Library, published in Edinburgh by W. H. Lizars. T...
Handmade Paper
$1,275
H 16.5 in W 11 in D 0.07 in
18th-century Pair of French Hand-colored Copperplate Engravings of Exotic Birds
Located in San Francisco, CA
This pair of large-scale antique bird prints consists of authentic 18th-century copperplate engravings sourced from the famous “Recueil de Planches” (AbeBooks) volumes of Denis Dider...
Paper, Engraving
Antique John Gould Bird Lithograph, Hand-Colored 19th-Century Print
By John Gould
Located in Roswell, GA
These authentic antique bird prints are original 19th-century hand-colored lithographs from John Gould’s celebrated *The Birds of Europe*, published in London in parts between 1832 a...
Lithograph
Birds, German antique natural history chromolithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Hochzeitskleider I' (Birds) German chromolithograph, circa 1895. 240mm by 155mm (sheet)
Lithograph
$1,054Sale Price|20% Off
H 23.82 in W 19.1 in D 0 in
Large Old Hand-Colored Print of Northern Cardinals from Northern America, 1869
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled 'Cardinalis Igneus'. Old bird print depicting Northern Cardinals. This print originates from 'The new and heretofore unfigured species of the birds of Nor...
Paper
$275
H 13.5 in W 9.5 in
18th Century French Hand-Colored Bird Engraving, Hand Laid paper, Circa 1770s
Located in Roswell, GA
Original 18th-century French ornithological copperplate engraving by François-Nicolas Martinet (1731–1800), one of the most accomplished natural-history illustrators and engravers of...
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper
$2,375
H 20 in W 15.5 in
18th Century Catesby Hand-colored Bird & Plant Engraving "The Crested Titmous"
By Mark Catesby
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored copperplate engraving of a bird and plants by Mark Catesby (1683-1749) entitled "The Crested Titmous" from "The Natural History of Carolina, Georgia, Florida and the B...
Engraving
$171
H 10.63 in W 8.27 in D 0.02 in
Antique Bird Print of the Red-Faced Weaver-Bird, Red-Billed Quelea, ca.1880
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled '1. Red-Faced Weaver-Bird 2. Oryx. or Grenadier Weaver-Bird 3. Red-Beaked Weaver-Bird 4. Black-Bellied or Napoleon Weaver-Bird' Old bird print depicting the...
Paper
$275
H 9.85 in W 6.7 in D 0.04 in
Hoopoe - Woodcut Print by Alexander Francis Lydon - 1870
By Alexander Francis Lydon
Located in Roma, IT
Hoopoe is a modern artwork realized in 1870 by the British artist Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917). Woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. Hand-colored, published by London, Bell...
Woodcut
$91Sale Price|20% Off
H 14.34 in W 10.83 in D 0.02 in
Antique Bird Print of the Maja Finch, Black-Headed Finch and Firetail (1886)
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print of various birds including the maja finch, black-headed finch, tri coloured nun and beautiful firetail. This print originates from 'De Vogelwereld. Handboek voor L...
Paper
$675
H 12.5 in W 9.75 in
Bird of Prey: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving of a parrot bird entitled "La Bondree (Bird of Prey)" by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 420 from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' in association wi...
Engraving
$575
H 12.38 in W 9.25 in
A Pair of Woodpeckers: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of male and female woodpecker birds entitled "1. Pie Male de la Encenada, 2. Petit Pic des Moluques (Woodpeckers)"...
Engraving
$395
H 10.5 in W 6.5 in
Red-shafted Woodpecker: A First Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored royal first octavo edition lithograph entitled "Red-shafted Woodpecker, 1. Male, 2. Female", No. 55, Plate 274, from Audubon's "Bi...
Lithograph
$137Sale Price|20% Off
H 10.63 in W 8.27 in D 0.02 in
Antique Bird Print of Black-Crested, Red-Crested Cardinal, Cardinal Grosbeak
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled '1. Black-crested or green cardinal. 2. Red-crested cardinal. 3. Cardinal grosbeak or virginian nightinggale.' Old bird print depicting the black-crested or...
Paper
Antique Print of Various Grosbeak and Cardinal by A. Nuyens, 1886
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate IX: 44. De Roode Kardinaal - Coccothraustes Virginianus (Cardinal Grosbeak, Virginian Nightingale.); 45. De Grijze of Roodkop-Kardinaal - Coccothraustes cuccullatus (Red-creste...
Paper
$137
H 14.34 in W 10.83 in D 0.02 in
Antique Bird Print of the Red-Pileated Finch, Grosbeak and Sparrow (1886)
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print of various birds including the red-pileated finch, red-crowned finch, frontal grosbeak, cape sparrow and golden sparrow. This print originates from 'De Vogelwereld...
Paper
Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
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