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Two Black-Necked Grebes Rare Large Antique Bird Print, 1869Two Black-Necked Grebes Rare Large Antique Bird Print, 1869Two Black-Necked Grebes Rare Large Antique Bird Print, 1869Two Black-Necked Grebes Rare Large Antique Bird Print, 1869Two Black-Necked Grebes Rare Large Antique Bird Print, 1869Two Black-Necked Grebes Rare Large Antique Bird Print, 1869

Birds · 19th century

Two Black-Necked Grebes Rare Large Antique Bird Print, 1869

€ 1 850

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date
1869
Sheet size
48.5 × 58.5 cm (19.1 × 23.0 in)
Reference
BGI-00192
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Condition

Very good, general age-related toning. Please review the images for further condition details.

About this sheet

Two black-necked grebes, plate title "Podiceps californicus", an original large folio lithograph with hand color from Daniel Giraud Elliot's The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America. The work was published in New York for the author between 1866 and 1869, with the plates lithographed and colored by Bowen & Co. of Philadelphia.

The two grebes swim on open water in a landscape-format composition. Each has a dark head and neck, a fan of golden and rose feathers behind the eye, and a pale underside shading to purplish flanks. Broad lily pads float around them, with two cream-colored water lilies in bloom at the center, and tall reeds rise along the far bank beneath a soft yellow horizon. The lettering at the lower left reads "Drawn from Nature by D.G. Elliot, F.Z.S.", and the Bowen & Co. imprint is at the lower right.

Elliot's folio was devoted to North American birds not previously illustrated by Wilson or Audubon, with a strong emphasis on species of the American West such as this Californian grebe.

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Two Black-Necked Grebes Rare Large Antique Bird Print, 1869
Two Black-Necked Grebes Rare Large Antique Bird Print, 1869
1869 · Ref. BGI-00192 · € 1 850
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