Rose Colored Pastor or Rosy Starling, Antique Hand Colored Print, 1896
€ 110
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1896
Mapmaker / artist
Not named on the sheet
Publisher
John C. Nimmo, London
Technique
Wood Engraving
Coloring
Hand colored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-11586-5
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
Even age toning. Marked handling soiling along all four edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Complete sheet, all four corners present. One larger brown mark.
About this sheet
An original wood engraved bird plate, colored by hand, captioned "ROSE-COLORED PASTOR." A single bird stands on open ground in right profile, with a long shaggy crest falling from the crown to the back of the head. The head, crest, throat and upper breast are black, the body soft rose pink, and the wings and tail black with a blue green sheen. The bill is pale pinkish buff, the eye orange, the legs buff. The ground is washed in pale green and buff with small tufts of grass and a few stones, and a low pale line of distant ground runs behind the bird.
The caption "ROSE-COLORED PASTOR." is engraved in capitals below the picture, with a full stop. No plate number or engraver's credit appears on the plate. The bird is known today as the Rosy Starling, Pastor roseus.
The plate comes from the fourth edition of A History of British Birds by the Reverend Francis Orpen Morris (1810 to 1893), rector of Nunburnholme in Yorkshire. This edition was issued in six volumes by John C. Nimmo, London, and the plate belongs to the third volume, whose title page is dated 1896 and states that the plates are colored by hand. The wood blocks for the plates of the work were engraved by Benjamin Fawcett (1808 to 1893) of Driffield in Yorkshire. Each plate combines an engraved black key block with a printed gray tint, finished by hand in watercolor.
Condition: Even age toning. Marked handling soiling along all four edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Complete sheet, all four corners present. One larger brown mark.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
