Antique Paleontology Print of a Tinoceras Ingens by Marsh '1886'
€ 800
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1886
Sheet size
42 × 59.5 cm (16.5 × 23.4 in)
Condition
Fair
Reference
BG-12800-1-1
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
Original folding lines, mounted on linen. Shows some wear and creasing. Minor foxing. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
The skeleton of Tinoceras ingens, an extinct large mammal, an original lithograph from volume 10 of Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, Othniel Charles Marsh's Dinocerata, published in 1886. The plate is printed in black on a large folded sheet, with the plate title "Tinoceras ingens, Marsh" lettered beneath the figure and a plate number at the upper right.
The animal is drawn in full side view and facing left. The massive skull carries tall bony protuberances on the snout and brow, along with a long, curved tusk, and the neck leads to a deep rib cage, with strong limbs ending in broad, short-toed feet and a long tail at the right. The shading is carefully worked to show the shape of each bone, and the lithographer's credit, New Haven, is lettered at the lower right.
Marsh was professor of paleontology at Yale, and Tinoceras and Dinoceras belong to the group of large Eocene mammals he described from the American West.
