Richly Hand-Colored, Authentic Copper Engraving of 4 Teals (1792)

€ 340

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

Date: 1792
Technique: Hand-Crafted, Painted, Varnished
Sheet size: 29.5 × 20.5 cm (11.6 × 8.1 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-13280-5

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

Outside on the margins are a few small dark stains.

About this sheet

An authentic, perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of 4 Teals 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 39 from ''Encyclopédie méthodique: Histoire Naturelle, Ornithologie', by Panckoucke (Paris), after the famous Encyclopédie by Diderot and d'Alembert.