Antique Print-FUNGUS-FLY AGARIC-AGARICUS MUSCARIUS-POISONOUS-Vietz-1800

This very rare hand coloured print shows the poisonous fungus Agaricus muscarius or Fly Agaric.

Made by after an anonymous artist.

Medium: Engraving / handcoloured on Handlaid (verge) paper. Watermark: Yes.

Sheet size: 19.5 x 25 cm (7.68 x 9.84 inch). Image size: 19.5 x 25 cm. (7.68 x 9.84 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Creases in upper right and lower left corner. Holes of bookbinding in left margin. Some stains. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

FUNGUS-FLY AGARIC-AGARICUS MUSCARIUS-POISONOUS | RBOS-A7-06

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in 1867 (on the plate).

Biography engraver: Ferdinand Bernard Vietz (1772-1815) was an engraver and artist. Vietz was an Austrian physician and Doctor of Medicine in Vienna and later a Professor of forensic medicine at Vienna. The style of Vietz is unique.