Set of 3 Antique Bird Prints, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Turtledove, circa 1850

Set of four antique bird prints titled 'Common Wren - Whitethroat - Robin - Golden-Crested Wren'. These prints originate from 'Familiar Wild Birds' by Walter Swaysland. Illustrated b...

Antique bird print titled 'Sylvia Curruca'. Old bird print depicting the lesser whitethroat. 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 'Diphyllodes Hunsteini'. Original lithograph of Hunstein's bird of paradise. This print originates from 'Birds of Asia' by John Gould. Published 1850-1853.

Antique print titled 'Turdus, Calamoxenus'. This print depicts the common whitethroat with nest and eggs (Dutch: grasmus, in text 'rietvink'). The common whitethroat (Sylvia communis...

Antique print titled ‘Motacilla (Ruborum) Cinerea'. This print depicts the lesser whitethroat with nest and eggs (Dutch: braamsluiper). The lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) is a c...

Set of three antique bird prints titled 'Le Becasseau - Le Chevalier - La Perdrix de Mer - L'Alouette de Mer' - 'Le Butor - La Spatule - La Barge Rousse - La Bécassine' - 'Le Fou de ...

Wonderful set of 6 botanical prints Lithographs after the original botanical drawings by Hooker. Original color Published, circa 1850 Unframed. The measurement given is for one ...

Great images of reptiles Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithographs with original color. Published by Tallis c...

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

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...

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 kittiwake and a common tern Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph...