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Original Rare Old Bird Print Depicting Cassin's Snow Goose 'Anser Albatus', 1869Original Rare Old Bird Print Depicting Cassin's Snow Goose 'Anser Albatus', 1869Original Rare Old Bird Print Depicting Cassin's Snow Goose 'Anser Albatus', 1869Original Rare Old Bird Print Depicting Cassin's Snow Goose 'Anser Albatus', 1869

Birds · 19th century

Original Rare Old Bird Print Depicting Cassin's Snow Goose 'Anser Albatus', 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 × 60.5 cm (18.9 × 23.8 in)
Reference
BGI-00190
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

Cassin's Snow Goose, Anser albatus, an original lithograph with hand color from The new and heretofore unfigured species of the birds of North America, by Daniel Giraud Elliot, published in 1866 to 1869 and issued by Bowen & Co. The scientific name is lettered beneath the image, and the plate is dated 1869 in the catalog.

Two white geese are drawn on a pebbly shore, the large adult standing in the foreground with its head turned toward the viewer, black-edged wings folded and bright yellow feet, while a second bird swims in the shallow water behind it. The bill is dark with a pale base, the water is a flat blue-gray line, and the stones are scattered along the bank in warm tones. The credits are lettered below the image: drawn from nature by Elliot and printed from the stone.

Elliot's work on the new and little-known species of North American birds was issued in a large folio format, and the plates are among the finest American ornithological lithographs of the 1860s.

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Original Rare Old Bird Print Depicting Cassin's Snow Goose 'Anser Albatus', 1869
Original Rare Old Bird Print Depicting Cassin's Snow Goose 'Anser Albatus', 1869
1869 · Ref. BGI-00190 · € 1 850
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