'IJSVOGELS 11. DACELO FORSTENI - D. FUNEBRIS - D. ALBICILLA.'This rare original antique print shows the sombre kingfisher (Todiramphus funebris) and Mariana kingfisher (Todiramphus albicilla).Made by P.W.M. Trap after Joseph Smit.Medium: Lithograph with original hand coloring and heightened with gom on wove (vellin) paper.Sheet size: 22.5 x 30.5 cm (8.86 x 12.01 inch). Image size: 15 x 20 cm. (5.91 x 7.87 inch).SOMBRE KINGFISHER-MARIANA-TODIRAMPHUS | BOX-BIRDSBACKGROUND INFORMATIONFrom: De vogels van Nederlandsch Indie, H. Schlegel, Leiden, 1863-1866. An archived version is available at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.Reference: DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.14457.Biography engraver: P.W.M. Trap was a 19th-century Dutch printer and lithographer based in Leiden, active in scientific and zoological publications, notably for the Leiden Natural History Museum.Biography artist: Joseph Smit (1836-1929), Dutch zoological illustrator, renowned for his work with Schlegel and others, especially ornithological plates, known for exceptional detail and lifelike rendering. The author Hermann Schlegel (1804-1884) was a German Zoologist. He was working for the Rijksmuseum of Natural History in Leiden since 1825. Since 1828 he was the conservator. From 1860 until his death he was director. He mostly studied the animals of the Netherlands and its colonial possessions. Condition: very good, given age. Very light foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

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Rare-Antique Print-SOMBRE KINGFISHER-MARIANA-TODIRAMPHUS-Trap-Smit-Schlegel-1863

Publication Date

1863

Illustrator

Joseph Smit

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Pictura Prints offers mostly antique prints, art, maps and books. Since 2004 the owner Peter Cornelissen started Theprintscollector and has been in business as a print and book seller. In 2018 he decided to further develop his personal collection through 'Pictura Prints'. Peter has a background in design and landscape architecture and holds a degree in paper restauration. He holds shop in Overasselt, a small town on the Maas river near Nijmegen, The Netherlands, which can be visited by appointment. He is a member of the Dutch Association of Antiquarians (NVVA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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