Andean Condor (Male) - Majestic Vultur gryphus Illustration by Bertuch, 1805

Name: Andean Condor (Male) - Majestic Vultur gryphus Illustration by Bertuch, 1805
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14000-93
Price: 360 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1805
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 19 × 23 cm (7.5 × 9.1 in)
Condition: Good. The engraving is in good condition, with minor foxing and age-related toning. The edges exhibit slight wear consistent with its age.
Period: The Early Republic
Reference: BG-14000-93

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

The Andean condor, Vultur gryphus, an original hand-colored copper engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fuer Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. The plate is headed "Voegel LXXII. Oiseaux LXXII. Birds LXXII. Uccelli LXXII." in German, French, English and Italian.

The male bird is drawn in profile, perched on a mossy rock and facing left. It has a bare red head and neck with a large fleshy comb and a wattle, a white ruff around the base of the neck, glossy black plumage and a white patch on the folded wing. The hooked bill and strong gray feet are drawn clearly, and the long wing feathers hang below the tail. At the foot of the rock lies the skull of a ram with its curled horn, a reminder of the carrion on which the bird feeds.

The Andean condor ranges along the mountains of South America, and it was among the first great birds of the Americas that European natural history books pictured at full size. Bertuch's picture book ran in twelve volumes from 1790 to 1830 and had nearly 1,200 plates.

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