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C1881
Menura Superba.
Artist:
Rare c.19th large colour lithograph of Australia’s iconic Lyre Bird From Cory, C.b. Beautiful and Curious Birds of the World.
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Full Title:
Menura Superba.
Date:
C1881
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
410mm
x 510mm
Paper Size:
534mm
x 683mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1881
Description:
Rare c.19th large colour lithograph of Australia’s iconic Lyre Bird
From Cory, C.b. Beautiful and Curious Birds of the World.
References:
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995: IVB 205.
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995: IVB 205.
Joseph Smit (1836 - 1929)
Joseph Smit (1836-1929) Smit was born in the Netherlands, he was invited to UK to do the lithography for Sclater’s Exotic Ornithology. He did Wolf’s Zoological Sketches and Elliot’s Birds of Paradise.He contributed regularly to the Transactions and Proceedings of the Zoological Society, Ibis, and The Field.
