Antique Bird Print-RED BACKED SHRIKE-LANIUS COLLURIO-Meyer-1853

Original handcoloured crayon style lithograph on vellin (wove) paper, heightened with arabic gum. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 25.5 x 36 cm. The image size is ca. 20 x 27 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 10 x 14.2 inch. The image size is ca. 7.9 x 10.6 inch.

Antique bird print, titled: ‘Red-backed Shrike’. Red-backed Shrike (adult male and young) with Egg. Also shows the typical behaviour of Shrikes to impale caught insects on a nearby branch. From H.L. Meyer’s ‘Coloured illustrations of British Birds and their Eggs’, published by Willis & Sotheran, London, 1853-57.Artists and Engravers: Henry Leonard Meyer (1797-1864), British.

Condition: Good, given age. Oval browning from matting around the image. Small creases in the lower margin. Remains of attachment to carrier to the rear.

Keywords: ANTIQUE BIRD PRINT-RED BACKED SHRIKE-LANIUS COLLURIO-MEYER

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