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Gray Heron Standing by Reeds, Plate CL after Lilian Medland, c. 1909
£245 ($325, €290)
Period original, not a reproduction.
Shipped from the Netherlands, flat, insured and tracked, worldwide. Returns accepted within 14 days.
- Date
- circa 1909
- Technique
- Photogravure
- Coloring
- Uncolored
- Condition
- Good. Light age toning; light handling soiling along the edges and a few small spots in the margins. Printed image clean.
- Period
- 20th century
- Section
- Birds
- Reference
- BG-14331-3-26
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 antique bird print, a photogravure printed in black and gray tones without added color. It shows an adult Gray Heron, the Common Heron of British writers, standing on one leg on a bank at the water's edge, facing the viewer's left. The neck is drawn down into the shoulders and the long straight bill is held level. The white head with its black stripe and trailing crest, the streaked foreneck, the long loose breast plumes and the dark patch at the bend of the wing are carefully rendered. Tall reeds and bulrushes rise behind the bird, with open water to the left.
The plate is lettered "PLATE CL" at lower right and "2/7 scale" at lower center, the scale at which the bird is drawn. The artist's signature, "L. M. Medland", is drawn into the image. No species name is printed on the plate; the identification given here is made from the drawing itself.
This plate is from the third volume of The Birds of the British Islands by Charles Stonham, published by E. Grant Richards in London in five volumes between 1906 and 1911. The drawings are by Lilian M. Medland, and the plates were printed by photogravure, an intaglio process made from a photograph of the drawing, which gives the soft, continuous tone and the faint plate mark visible on the sheet. Each bird is shown at a stated fraction of life size, printed beneath the image.
A plain wood or black frame with a wide off white mat suits the quiet tones of this plate.
Condition: Light age toning; light handling soiling along the edges and a few small spots in the margins. Printed image clean.
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.
