Antique Bird Print of the Grey Plover by Sepp & Nozeman, 1829

1829 · Birds, Plants & Natural History

Antique Bird Print of the Grey Plover by Sepp & Nozeman, 1829

Name: Antique Bird Print of the Grey Plover by Sepp & Nozeman, 1829
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-05991-247
Price: 940 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1829
Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 37 × 53 cm (14.6 × 20.9 in)
Condition: Good
Period: The Early Republic
Reference: BG-05991-247

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

Grey plover, the Dutch Zilverplevier, titled "Vanellus Melanogaster", a hand-colored engraving from Nederlandsche Vogelen, the Amsterdam work on Dutch birds issued by C. Nozeman, M. Houttuyn and J.C. Sepp between 1770 and 1829. The sheet is dated 1829 in the catalog.

Two birds stand facing each other on a low grassy mound. The one at left is in breeding plumage with a black face and underparts, a white crown and a mottled gray and brown back, while the one at right is in the duller, speckled plumage of winter, the pale breast and barred tail clearly drawn. The Latin name is lettered across the top. The birds are drawn close to life size, set on a small patch of turf with a few tufts of grass.

Nederlandsche Vogelen was the first major study of ornithology in the Netherlands, and the birds were depicted from life. The gray plover (Pluvialis squatarola) is known in North America as the black-bellied plover.

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