Antique Bird Print of a Tree Sparrow

Antique bird print titled 'Passer Montanus'. Old bird print depicting the Eurasian tree sparrow. This print orginates from 'Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade' by Magnus von Wright. Artists and Engravers: Printed in Stockholm. Magnus von Wright (1805 - 68) was the first taxidermist working with the vertebrate collections of Helsinki University. Starting out as a taxidermist in the 1820's, he stuffed birds for Societas pro Flora et Fauna Fennica, the oldest scientific society in Finland, and in 1845, became taxidermist at the university's zoological museum. Von Wright made several study journeys to Stockholm and St. Petersburg, and even wrote a short manual on how mount birds. Though a skilful taxidermist, his reputation, like that of his two brothers, Wilhelm and Ferdinand, rests on his skill as a zoological illustrator. In 1859 he published the first handbook on Finnish birds...

Antique bird print titled 'Passer Montanus'. Old bird print depicting the Eurasian tree sparrow. This print orginates from 'Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade' by Magnus ...

Antique bird print titled 'Passer Ammodendri'. Original lithograph of the saxaul sparrow. This print originates from 'Birds of Asia' by John Gould. Published 1850-1853.

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...

Antique bird print titled '1. Magafinch or white-headed nun. 2. Black-headed finch or nun. 3. Java Sparrow 4. Java Sparrow. white variety. Old bird print depicting the White-headed M...

Antique bird print titled 'Hypolais Hippolais'. Old bird print depicting the tree warbler. This print orginates from 'Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade' by Magnus von Wr...

Wonderful set of 6 trees prints Lithographs Original colour Published, circa 1850 Unframed. The measurement given is for one print.

Wonderful set of 6 bird prints. Lovely bright colours. Chromolithographs by Leighton Brothers Published circa 1880 Unframed. The measurement given is the paper size of...

Great image of a Tree Pipit Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph after Alexander Francis Lydon. Original color ...

We present you one of the illustrations from the series printed from a book on various subjects. The graphic is closed in passe-portout and a wooden frame with glass. The price i...

Great image of a shag and a teal Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph heightened with gum Arabic. Origina...

Great image of a savi's warbler Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph with original hand color. Published,...