Antique Bird Print of Bearded Helmetcrests by Prang, 1898

1898 · Birds, Plants & Natural History

Antique Bird Print of Bearded Helmetcrests by Prang, 1898

Name: Antique Bird Print of Bearded Helmetcrests by Prang, 1898
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11373-6-8
Price: 95 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1898
Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 32 × 24.5 cm (12.6 × 9.6 in)
Condition: Good
Period: The Gilded Age
Reference: BG-11373-6-8

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

Linden's Helmet-Crest Humming Bird, a chromolithograph from the natural history set Animate Creation, published in 1898 by Selmar Hess in New York and printed by L. Prang & Co. The plate title is lettered beneath the image, with the publisher's name in the lower margin of the picture.

Two dark, long-tailed birds perch on a thin twig in the foreground, the male at left with a tall white crest and a white tuft at the throat, the second bird at right with a plain dark plumage. Behind them a hazy range of snow-covered peaks rises from soft blue-green slopes, a setting that suits a mountain hummingbird. The color is built up in the rich, smooth tones typical of Prang's chromolithographic work.

Helmetcrests are hummingbirds of the high Andes. Louis Prang (1824 to 1909), the German-born Boston printer, was among the leading American color printers of his time, and the plate carries the Prang & Co. imprint.

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