Antique Handcolored Engraving of a Woman of Brabant, the Netherlands, 1817

Antique costume print titled 'Woman of the neighbourhood of Rotterdam'. Old costume print depicting a woman from the region of Rotterdam. This print originates from 'The Costume of t...

Antique costume print titled 'Woman of the neighbourhood of Antwerp'. Old costume print depicting a woman of the neighbourhood of Antwerp, Belgium. This print originates from 'The Co...

Antique costume print titled 'Lady of Rotterdam'. Old costume print depicting a lady of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This print originates from 'The Costume of the Netherlands display...

Antique costume print titled 'Women of Willemstadt'. Old costume print depicting women of Willemstad, Moerdijk, Brabant, The Netherlands. This print originates from 'The Costume of t...

Antique costume print titled 'Woman of Hinlopen'. Old costume print depicting a woman of Hindeloopen, located in Dutch province 'Friesland'. This print originates from 'The Costume o...

Antique costume print titled 'Woman & Child of Friesland'. Old costume print depicting a woman and child of the Dutch province 'Friesland'. This print originates from 'The Costume of...

Great image of an Arab Sheikh Copper-plate engraving by T.Clerk Published by Mackenzie And Dent. 1817 Unframed.

Madame Pauline Knipp engraving of a pigeon, From Les pigeons par Madame Knip, ne´e Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte par C.J. Themminck, Plate 2, Paris 1809-1811. A remarkable ...

Madam Knipp engraving of pigeon, From Les pigeons par Madame Knip, ne´e Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte par C.J. Themminck, Paris France, 1809-1811. A remarkable large engraving of a pigeon- The Colombe Ramier or Columba Cenea or Wood Pigeon floating within a gilt frame and white matte and with UV Tru-view Clear UV Glass. From a large collection of framed...

Elegant hand-colored print representing a beautiful fish "La Grisette Demoiselle del'Amerique", framed by a small gold leaf line. This print is made with a special handmade cotton pa...

Elegant hand-colored print representing a beautiful fish "La Onagre Demoiselle del'Amerique", framed by a small gold leaf line. This print is made with a special handmade cotton pape...

Antique engraving of a Tucano Mangiapepe, by Saverio Manetti Circa 1776 A fine hand colored engraving of a Tuscan Magpie by the Italian artist Saverio Manetti. Manetti drew his work predominantly from real specimens. The work was one of the largest ornithology undertakings to that point in time. Dimensions: 25 inches high x 22 inches wide x 1 1/4 inches deep. (frame); (63.5cm high x 55.88cm). 18 x 14 in. (sheet) Reference: Wikipedia Manetti was born in Brozzi to Giovanni Bernardo and Maria Teresa Nesiscolt of Prague. His early studies were in Florence and later at Pisa where he studied botany under Pier Antonio Micheli. He graduated in medicine in 1745 and worked in Florence. In 1758 he joined the National Medical College where he studied anatomy under Antonio Cocchi (1695–1758), conducting the autopsy of Cocchi. Manetti was Professor of Botany of the "Società Botanica Fiorentina", a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, a Fellow of the Royal Society, learned societies in Göttingen and Montpellier, an Accademico dell'Istituto di Bologna and he maintained scientific contacts with the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus and with the main scientific circles of the second half of the 18th century. He was supervisor of the Orto Botanico di Firenze in Florence from 1749 to 1782 succeeding to Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti and Secretary of the Accademia dei Georgofili. With remarkable organizational effort, he secured the publication of Storia naturale degli uccelli, Natural History of the birds, a monumental work in five volumes illustrated with 600 hand-coloured engravings based on watercolor paintings. The book was commissioned by Maria Luisa, Grand duchess of Tuscany and the first volume was dedicated to Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo. The third volume was dedicated to Ferdinando di Brobone and the fourth to Giorgio Nassau Clavering. The engravings were made by Tuscan abbot and engraver Lorenzo Lorenzi and Violante Vanni who had studied under British engraver Robert Strange...