Antique Bird Print of the Eurasian Eagle Owl, c.1850
€ 130
One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.
Date
1850
Sheet size
25.5 × 17 cm (10.0 × 6.7 in)
Reference
BG-03769
Condition
Very good, crease in lower left corner. Please study image carefully.
About this sheet
Antique bird print titled 'Eagle Owl'. Old print of the Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo Bubo). This print originates from 'A History of British Birds' by F. O. Morris.
Artists and Engravers: Francis Orpen Morris (25 March 1810 – 10 February 1893) was an Irish clergyman, notable as "parson-naturalist" (ornithologist and entomologist) and as the author of many children's books and books on natural history and heritage buildings.
Condition: Very good, crease in lower left corner. Please study image carefully. Date: c.1850
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