Northern Lapwing Print – Tringa Vanellus Vulgaris by Nozeman and Sepp, 1770

Tringa vanellus – Northern Lapwing (Kievit/Ljip) by Nozeman & Sepp, 1809 This finely hand-coloured copper engraving shows the northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) in a rare white (l...

This engraving is a hand-colored copperplate print by Robert Benard, part of the *Histoire Naturelle* from the *Encyclopédie Méthodique*, circa 1790. The birds shown here belong to t...

Antique bird print titled 'Vanellus Vanellus'. Old bird print depicting the Northern Lapwing (Male). This print originates from 'Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade' by Ma...

Antique bird print titled 'Vanellus Vanellus'. Old bird print depicting the Northern Lapwing. This print originates from 'Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade' by Magnus vo...

Great image of a Lesser Golden Plover Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph after Alexander Francis Lydon. Origi...

Wood Pigeon is an Etching hand colored realized by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert - Johann Friedrich Naumann, Illustration from Natural history of birds in pictures, published by Stu...

Peewit 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, 1870. Name ...

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 Bahama Islands", published in 1731. It depicts a small Crested Titmous bird, facing left, perched on the stem of a plant with clusters of mauve colored star-like flowers. This original Catesby hand-colored engraving, on laid paper with a large central Fleur-de-Lys watermark, is presented in a cream color French mat. The mat measures 20" x 15.5" and the sheet measures 18.75" x 14.75". Mark Catesby was born in England to a prosperous family, but he traveled to America, first to visit his sister and her husband in 1712. From 1712 to 1719 he explored America observing its birds and plants, taking notes, creating drawings and collecting specimens. He returned to England with this material and created more detailed drawings. His next visit to America 1722-1726 allowed for more detailed research. Upon his return to England he created his monumental and beautiful work "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and Bahama Islands", which was published in London in two folio volumes of 11 parts each consisting of 20 plates...