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Goldcrest on a Conifer Twig, Hand Colored Bird Print, Morris, 1896
£95 ($130, €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, right and top edges. Slight wear at the bottom right and top left corners. A few small dark specks in the upper margin.
- Period
- Late 19th century
- Artist or book
- F. O. Morris
- Section
- Birds
- Reference
- BG-11586-55
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 "GOLDCREST." A single goldcrest perches on a pinkish tan, rough barked twig that runs diagonally down through the picture, the body level and the bill pointing to the right. The upperparts are soft moss green and the underparts pale gray buff. The crown carries a stripe of orange red and yellow edged with black, lying flat along the head. The dark wing shows two white wing bars, one tinged yellow, and the feet are gray. Three tufts of fine green needles grow from the twig, one above the bird and two below.
The engraved caption below the picture reads "GOLDCREST." with a full stop. There is no plate number above the picture and no engraver's credit on the sheet. The goldcrest is Regulus regulus, named for the 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, right and top edges. Slight wear at the bottom right and top left corners. A few small dark specks in the upper margin.
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.
