Antique Print-BOATBILL-HAMMERHEAD-SPOONBILL-Drapiez-1853

‘1. CANCROMA COCHLEARIA – SAVACOU COCHLEARIA, 2. SCOPUS UMBRETTA – OMBRETTO DU SENEGAL, 3. PLATALEA AJAJA – SPATULE ROSE.’

(1.Boatbill, a wading bird of the tropical parts of South America, 2. Hamerkop, Hammerkop, Hammerkopf, Hammerhead, Hammerhead Stork, Umbrette, Umber Bird, Tufted Umber, or Anvilhead, 3. Pink Spoonbill, a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill famili.)

Made by an anonymous engraver after Pierre Auguste Joseph Drapiez (1778-1856).

Engraving with original hand colouring, heightened with arabic gum on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 17 x 26.5 cm (6.69 x 10.43 inch).

Condition: good, given age. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BOATBILL-HAMMERHEAD-SPOONBILL

(PCO) C138-13

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive original antique print / plate originates from: ‘Dictionnaire Classique des Sciences Naturelles …’ (Classic dictionary of natural sciences), by M. Drapiez. published in Brussels, 1853. This work elaborates on the work of Buffon, Daubenton, Lacepede, Cuvier, de Jussieu a.o. Artists and Engravers: Pierre Auguste Joseph Drapiez (1778-1856) was a Belgian naturalist.