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Birds · 19th century

Rare Large Antique Bird Print Depicting Xantus's Murrlets, 1869

€ 1 200

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

Date
1869
Sheet size
41 × 50 cm (16.1 × 19.7 in)
Reference
BGI-01374
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

Xantus's murrelets, plate title "Brachyramphus Hypoleucus", 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 plates lithographed and colored by Bowen & Co. of Philadelphia.

The composition is a seabird scene on a rocky coast. One murrelet, dark above and white below, stands upright on a mossy ledge at the right, a second stands higher on the cliff behind, and a third flies low across the water at the center. Small gulls and distant swimming birds dot the sea, which fades into a pale pink and blue horizon at the left. The lettering at the lower left reads "Drawn from Nature by D.G. Elliot, F.Z.S.", with the Bowen & Co. imprint at the lower right.

Elliot's folio concentrated on species of the American West, including the Pacific coast, that Wilson and Audubon had not figured. Many of his subjects were drawn from specimens brought back by government expeditions and private collectors.

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Rare Large Antique Bird Print Depicting Xantus's Murrlets, 1869
Rare Large Antique Bird Print Depicting Xantus's Murrlets, 1869
1869 · Ref. BGI-01374 · € 1 200
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