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C1855
Ptarmigan
Artist:
Benjamin Fawcett (1808 - 1893)
Superb engraving from “British Game Birds & Wild Fowl”, it is the best record of this genre. This being the best issue without a centre fold.
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Full Title:
Ptarmigan
Date:
C1855
Artist:
Benjamin Fawcett (1808 - 1893)
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
280mm
x 220mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1855
Description:
Superb engraving from “British Game Birds & Wild Fowl”, it is the best record of this genre. This being the best issue without a centre fold.
Artist:
Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893)
Morris was an Irish clergyman, notable as “parson-naturalist” (ornithologist and entomologist) and as the author of many children’s books and books on natural history and heritage buildings. He was a pioneer of the movement to protect birds from the plume trade and was a co-founder of the Plumage League. He died on 10 February 1893 and was buried at Nunburnholme, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
