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Frame and rooms are illustrations of how the print could look; the description says what is included.
Original Antique Hand-Colored Print of the Papuan Ground-Pigeon Bird, ca.1875
£835 ($1,100, €984)
Period original, not a reproduction.
Shipped from the Netherlands, flat, insured and tracked, worldwide. Returns accepted within 14 days.
- Date
- 1875
- Size
- 14 × 21.1 in (35.5 × 53.5 cm)
- Condition
- Very good, general age-related toning. Very small piece of upper right corner missing. Please study image carefully.
- Period
- Late 19th century
- Artist or book
- John Gould
- Section
- Birds
- Reference
- f_26680082
- Colour
- Hand coloured
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 'Eutrygon Terrestris'.
Old bird print depicting the Papuan Ground-Pigeon. This print originates from Gould's 'Birds of New Guinea'.
Artists and Engravers: John Gould (1804 - 1881) was an English ornithologist and bird artist.
Condition: Very good, general age-related toning. Very small piece of upper right corner missing. Please study image carefully.
