Original, Richly Hand-Colored, Rare Copper Engraving of 4 Ducks (1792).

€ 340

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

Date: 1792
Technique: Hand-Crafted, Painted, Varnished
Sheet size: 29.5 × 20.5 cm (11.6 × 8.1 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-13280-4

Condition

Outside on the margins are a few small dark stains.

About this sheet

An authentic, perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of 4 Ducks, on parchment paper (copper engraving). It has a fine shining because of the authenticly applied egg-yolk as varnish. The Artist is Robert Bernard (1792). The illustration is plate number 40 from ''Encyclopédie méthodique: Histoire Naturelle, Ornithologie', by Panckoucke (Paris), after the famous Encyclopédie by Diderot and d'Alembert.