Antique Print-INDIAN PEAFOWL-TURKEY-CURASSOW-ROOSTER-PEACOCK-Pl.85-Oken-1833

Lithograph on a vellin type paper. Original hand colour. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 27 x 34 cm. The image size is ca. 23 x 30 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 10.6 x 13.4 inch. The image size is ca. 9.1 x 11.8 inch.

Plate 85`: ‘Landhuhner.’ (Land fowl). This plate shows various bird species. 1. Grashuhn/Grasshen (Crypturus rufescens), 2. Baumhuhn/Black Curassow (Crax alector), 3. Perlhuhn/Helmeted Guineafowl (Meleagris numidica), 4. Wilder Haushahn/Rooster (Phasianus gallus bankiva), 5. Wilder Truthahn/Wild Turkey (Gallipava americanus), 6. Pfau/Indian Peafowl / Peacock (Pavo cristatus). This old antique print originates from: ‘Abbildungen zu Oken’s allgemeiner Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande’, published by Hoffmann’sche Verlags-Buchhandlung in Stuttgart, Germany 1833 – 1841.Artists and Engravers: Lorenz Oken (1779-1851), was a German transcendental naturalist, philosopher & physician. Born Okenfuss, the son of a farmer, he simplified his name to Oken while at medical school in Freiburg, Bavaria. Oken was a prolific & vocal writer, lecturer and theorist, publishing many philosophical treatises during his life. His masterpiece and lasting legacy to the world is the 13-volume ‘Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande’ (Natural History for all Social Ranks), first published between 1833 and 1841. This plate by I. Rees.

Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-INDIAN PEAFOWL-TURKEY-CURASSOW-ROOSTER-PEACOCK-PL.85-OKEN

(PCO) A194-35