1807 Vermilion Flycatcher Handcolored Print- Antique Ornithological Illustration

1807 · Birds, Plants & Natural History

1807 Vermilion Flycatcher Handcolored Print- Antique Ornithological Illustration

Name: 1807 Vermilion Flycatcher Handcolored Print- Antique Ornithological Illustration
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13363-8
Price: 415 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1807
Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 51.5 × 34.4 cm (20.3 × 13.5 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear and foxing, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Reference: BG-13363-8

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Le Tyran pipiri, an original hand-colored engraving from Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot's Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amérique septentrionale, published about 1807. The title line reads "Le Tyran pipiri. Tyrannus pipiri." with the plate number, and the credits below read "Prêtre pinx.", "Langlois imp." and "Bouquet sculp.", naming the painter, the printer and the engraver.

The bird perches in profile on the upper end of a lichen-covered branch, facing right. Its head is dark with a small red patch at the crown, the back and wings are blackish brown with pale feather edges, the underparts are pale buff-white, and the long tail is dark with a white tip. The bill is dark and pointed. The plate is printed in color and finished by hand, with a large clear space of cream paper around the bird.

Tyrants are the New World flycatchers, and Vieillot's work was notable for drawing such birds in life-like attitudes rather than as skins.

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