Antique Bird Print of the Common Gull by Sepp & Nozeman, 1797

€ 950

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1797
Mapmaker / artist: J.C. Sepp (Artist),M. Houttuyn (Author),Cornelius Nozeman (Author)
Sheet size: 53.5 × 37 cm (21.1 × 14.6 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-05991/146

Condition

Original text page included. Print is in good condition. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Antique print titled 'Larus Canus'. The common gull (Larus canus) is a medium-sized gull that breeds in northern Asia, northern Europe, and northwestern North America. The North American subspecies is commonly referred to as the mew gull, although that name is also used by some authorities for the whole species.

This print originates from 'Nederlandsche Vogelen; volgens hunne huisdouding, aert, en eigenschappen beschreeven", Amsterdam, 1770-1829 by C. Nozeman, M. Houttuyn and J.C. Sepp. This is the most important and first study in the Netherlands of ornithology at that time. The birds are depicted as they are in life, said to be depicted close to life sized and in their environment.