C1893

Common Oyster-Catcher.

Small engraving of the Oyster-catcher.

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S/N: BI-AA-TRNH-04488–225043
(B008)
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Full Title:

Common Oyster-Catcher.

Date:

C1893

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size: 

128mm 
x 97mm

Paper Size: 

155mm 
x 115mm
AUTHENTICITY
Common Oyster-Catcher. - Antique Print from 1893

Genuine antique
dated:

1893

Description:

Small engraving of the Oyster-catcher.

References:
Nissen, C. Die zoologische Buchillustration. 1969 Hamburg:: ZBI 2612.

Collections:
State Library New South Wales: 991018170519702626
State Library Victoria: 992670043607636
State Library Queensland: 992416864702061
State Library South Australia: 500.9 R888 b
State Library of Western Australia: 590.2 ROY
Wellcome Collection: WT/D/1/20/1/82/96

Friedrich Specht (1839 - 1909)

Specht was a German painter and natural history illustrator. He provided illustrations of animals and landscapes for a large number of zoology and veterinary science publications, notably for the first edition of Brehms Tierleben (1864–69), Brockhaus and Efron Encloclopedic Dictionary (1890—1907), Karl Christoph Vogt's Die Säugetiere in Wort und Bild (1883–89) and Richard Lydekker's Royal Natural History (1893–96).

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