Antique Bird Print of a Latham's Guillemot Made after J. Wolf, 1868

€ 530

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

Date: 1868
Sheet size: 70 × 62 cm (27.6 × 24.4 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: D-0159

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

Some minor staining. Please review the images for further condition details.

About this sheet

Latham's guillemot, a color lithograph lettered "Sagmatorhina lathami", from Daniel Giraud Elliot's "The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America", published between 1866 and 1869. The lettering gives the drawing to J. Wolf, with the year 1868, and the printing to Bowen & Co. of Philadelphia, and the sheet is a tall format of about 70 by 62 cm.

A single bird stands upright on a mossy rock, seen from the side, with a brown back and wings, a paler barred breast, a dark head and a stout yellow bill with a bluish base. Grass tufts grow from the rock, and a cloudy sky with pink and yellow light stretches behind it.

The work appeared between 1866 and 1869 and set out to figure North American species not previously illustrated. Only 200 copies were printed, and the lithography was by Bowen & Co. of Philadelphia.