Antique Bird Print of the White-Fronted Goose by Von Wright '1929'

Antique bird print titled 'Anser Albifrons'. Old bird print depicting the female white-fronted goose. This print originates from 'Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade' by M...

Antique bird print titled 'Anser Anser'. Old bird print depicting the greylag goose. This print originates from 'Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade' by Magnus von Wright.

Antique bird print titled 'Anser Albifrons'. Old bird print depicting the female white-fronted goose. This print originates 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 'Anser Brachyrhynchus'. Old bird print depicting the pink-footed goose. This print originates from 'Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade' by Magnu...

Grey-Lag Goose 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 Lon...

Pink-Footed Goose 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 L...

'Oie a Front Blanc' (Great White-Fronted Goose) French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illu...

Spur-Winged Goose is a modern artwork realized in 1870 by the British artist Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) . Woodcut print, hand colored, published by London, Bell & Sons, 18...