Auction: Discovery - 2429Location: BoltonDate / Time: October 16, 2008 10:00AM
Description:
George Edwards, engraver (British, 1694-1773)
Summer Duck of Catesby. Indistinctly signed and dated l.r. Hand-colored copperplate engraving on laid paper, from A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals, Quadrupeds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, Etc., Vol. 2, plate 101, published by The College of Physicians, London, c. 1843, 11 3/8 x 8 3/4 in., in a later wood frame. Condition: Minor toning and foxing, edges trimmed.
Estimate $150-250
no plate marks visible, not laid down.