Great Snipe (2 results)
Language: English
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United KingdomK Books Ltd ABA ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. An original antique hand coloured bird engraving. Mounted and ready to frame. Mount size 10 x 8 ins, 30 x 24 cms. Hand colouring not contemporary but delicately and expertly executed. Printed circa 1860 . A splendid bird portraiture showing a Gerat Snipe.
BECASSINE DOUBLE - Gallinago Major - GREAT SNIPE - Original Antique Hand-Coloured Engraving, 1876
BECASSINE DOUBLE - Gallinago Major - GREAT SNIPE - Original Antique Hand-Coloured Engraving, 1876
Language: English
Published by Driffield 1876
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United KingdomK Books Ltd ABA ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 47.95
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No Binding. Condition: Good. An original antique hand-coloured engraving, mounted (matted) and ready to frame. The colouring is contemporary and is delicate and most pleasing, as were the all the products of his Driffield workshop. A plate produced for "Les Oiseaux Gibier", by H de la Blanchère, Edited par J Rothschild, 1876, fr…om woodblocks by Fawcett of Driffield, originally drawn for "British Game Birds and Wildfowl" by Beverley R Morris, first published in 1855. This plate has never been bound into a volume, probably originating from Fawcett's original stock. An unusual Benjamin Fawcett association item - no reference to the plates appears in McLean's Fawcett bibliography. Scan sent on request. Some slight marking to print. Engraved By Fawcett of Driffield (illustrator).