Subject: Prints Bird
Period: 1844 (circa)
Publication: Zoology of New York State
Color: Hand Color
Size:
9 x 11.5 inches
22.9 x 29.2 cm
These lovely lithographs are from a scarce hand-colored edition of James Ellsworth DeKay's classic Zoology of New York. The artist is John William Hill. This set includes:
A) Plate 62. The Pine Bullfinch and the Cardinal Grosbeak (Cardinal).
B) Plate 55. The Worm-Eating Warbler and the Blue-Winged Warbler.
C) Plate 64. The Blue Grosbeak and the Rose-Breasted Grosbeak.
D) Plate 65. The Red Bird and the Black-Winged Red Bird.
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Condition: A
Original color on sturdy paper, with very minor soiling in blank margins, far from images. Plate 65 is also lightly toned.
