Date of Printing: 1770 • Medium: Copperplate Engraving (hand colored) • Subject Category: Natural History - Birds • Signed: Plate signed, Lower Left • Period Created: Enlightenment (1700 - 1799) • Plate Size HxWxD cm: 33.5 x 23.5 • Leaf Paper Size HxW cm: 44.5 x 34.3 • Style: FOLIO Original Vintage • Print on Verso: Blank on verso • Condition: Excellent, small tears in margin • Edition Type: 1st Edition - Limited • Paper Type: Laid Paper, Watermarked • Framed: Print only
Georg Wolfgang Knorr (1705-1761), “Bird’s Beak”, illustrated plate. Original hand-coloured copper engraving by German paleontologist and painter Georg Wolfgang Knorr. Very good condition. Year of printing: 1770