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Firecrest Hanging Upside Down from a Conifer Twig, Bird Print, Morris, 1896
€115 ($130, £95, €115)
Period original, not a reproduction.
Shipped from the Netherlands, flat or rolled, insured and tracked, worldwide. Returns accepted within 14 days.
- Date
- 1896
- Technique
- Wood Engraving
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. Even age toning. Handling soiling along the bottom, left and top edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Slight wear at the bottom right and top left corners.
- Period
- Late 19th century
- Artist or book
- F. O. Morris
- Section
- Birds
- Reference
- BG-11586-56
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.
This is an original wood engraved bird plate, colored by hand, captioned "FIRECREST." A single firecrest hangs upside down beneath a slender curving twig, gripping it with one foot, its head turned up at the right with the bill pointing upward. Behind it a stout tan bough rises diagonally through the picture. The back and body are olive green and the dark wing shows rows of white edged feathers. The head carries a broad orange red crown stripe edged in black, with a white stripe over the eye. Starburst tufts of fine green needles grow from the twig and from the bough below.
The engraved caption below the picture reads "FIRECREST." with a full stop. There is no plate number above the picture and no engraver's credit on the sheet. The firecrest is Regulus ignicapilla, named for the flame colored crown stripe shown on the plate.
A History of British Birds was written by the Reverend Francis Orpen Morris (1810 to 1893), rector of Nunburnholme in Yorkshire. The wood blocks for the plates of the work were engraved by Benjamin Fawcett (1808 to 1893) of Driffield in Yorkshire. This fourth edition was issued in six volumes by John C. Nimmo, London, and this plate comes from the third volume, whose title page is dated 1896 and states that the plates are colored by hand. Each plate combines an engraved black key block with a printed gray tint, finished by hand in watercolor.
Condition: Even age toning. Handling soiling along the bottom, left and top edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Slight wear at the bottom right and top left corners.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
