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Antique Bird Print of the Ash-Colored Harrier by Gould, c.1870
£245 ($325, €290)
Period original, not a reproduction.
Shipped from the Netherlands, flat, insured and tracked, worldwide. Returns accepted within 14 days.
- Date
- 1870
- Size
- 15.2 × 22 in (38.5 × 56 cm)
- Condition
- Fair
- Period
- Late 19th century
- Artist or book
- John Gould
- Section
- Birds
- Reference
- f_25635972
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Antique bird print titled 'Circus Cineraceus'. This print depicts the ash-colored harrier. Originates from John Gould's 'The Birds of the Great Britain'.
Artists and Engravers: John Gould (1804 - 1881) was an English ornithologist and bird artist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates that he produced with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart.
Condition: Fair, minor defects. Discoloration and several tears. Please study image carefully.
Date: c.1870
Overall size: 56 x 38.5 cm.
Image size: 0.001 x 43 x 28 cm.
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