Description:
European and American Schools, 18th/19th Century
Seven Framed Prints: Five Birds of Prey including two by George Edwards (British, 1694-1773); J & E Gould (British, 19th CenturyAmerican Cuckoo; and Jean-Baptiste Audebert (French, 1759-1800),Le Galeopitheque varie (Flying Lemur)
Signed and identified in the plates.
Etchings, engravings, and lithographs, sight sizes to 20 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (52.0 x 35.0 cm),two presented in a single frame.
Condition: Toning, not examined out of frames.
Estimate $200-300
This lot contains seven prints presented in six frames.
The five birds of prey prints include:
Johann Lebrecht Reinold, "The doubful hawk and the tufted goshawk."
George Edwards," Falco niger, Americanus" and "Falco Ameicanus maculatus"
Two plates from U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Survey in a single frame (United States Pacific Rail Road Expedition and Survey)
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George EdwardsStuart Slavid
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