Antique Bird Print of a Saddle-Billed Stork and American Flamingo '1853'

1853 · Birds, Plants & Natural History

Antique Bird Print of a Saddle-Billed Stork and American Flamingo '1853'

Name: Antique Bird Print of a Saddle-Billed Stork and American Flamingo '1853'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-05146-13
Price: 110 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1853
Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 26 × 18 cm (10.2 × 7.1 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning, minor wear and foxing. Blank verso, please study images carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Reference: BG-05146-13

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

A saddle-billed stork and a flamingo standing in a marsh, an original engraving from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux by Emm. Le Maout, published in 1853. The plate is printed in black on a toned ground, with the French captions "Jabiru de Sénégal" and "Flammant rouge" lettered beneath the image, one under each bird.

The stork stands at the left with its long red-banded bill pointed to the right, its black head and neck, black and white body and long legs drawn in detail. The flamingo at the right bends its long neck around in a loop, with its head lowered to the water at the lower left, where water lilies float in the foreground. Behind both birds are the fronds of a large palm or cycad, and reeds and low marsh plants fill the edges of the scene.

Jean-Emmanuel-Marie Le Maout (1799 to 1877) was a French naturalist, and his illustrated natural history of birds was published in Paris.

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