Date of Printing: 1749 • Medium: Copperplate Engraving (hand colored) • Subject Category: Natural History - Birds • Signed: Plate signed, Lower Left • Period Created: Enlightenment (1700 - 1799) • Plate Size HxWxD cm: 27 x 22 • Leaf Paper Size HxW cm: 42 x 25.5 • Style: FOLIO Original Vintage • Print on Verso: Blank on verso • Condition: Excellent • Edition Type: 1st Edition - Limited • Paper Type: Laid Paper, Watermarked • Framed: Print only
A stunning hand-coloured copperplate folio print, featuring a beautiful woodpecker bird. From "Sammlung verschiedener auslandischer und seltener Vogel", by Mark Catesby with artwork by George Edwards. Date 1748-1749