Antique Bird Print of the Snowy Owl by Sepp & Nozeman, 1809

1809 · Birds, Plants & Natural History

Antique Bird Print of the Snowy Owl by Sepp & Nozeman, 1809

Name: Antique Bird Print of the Snowy Owl by Sepp & Nozeman, 1809
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-05991/203
Price: 2520 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1809
Maker: M. Houttuyn (Author),J.C. Sepp (Artist)
Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 53.5 × 37 cm (21.1 × 14.6 in)
Condition: Good. Original text page included. Please study image carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Reference: BG-05991/203

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 snowy owl, plate "Strix Nyctea," a hand-colored engraving from Nederlandsche Vogelen, the Dutch bird book by Cornelius Nozeman, Martinus Houttuyn and Jan Christiaan Sepp, published in Amsterdam between 1770 and 1829. The scientific name of the bird is lettered at the top of the sheet.

The owl is shown life size on a leafy branch, turned to look back over its shoulder with round yellow eyes, its pale plumage built up in soft gray and cream washes with the barring on the back and wing coverts picked out feather by feather. The plain ground leaves the bird isolated, as in the book's other plates.

The snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) is a large white owl native to Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It nests on the ground, hunts rodents and waterfowl, and, unlike most owls, is active by day in summer.

Nederlandsche Vogelen is regarded as the first major Dutch study of ornithology, and its plates, by Sepp and his son, were noted for showing the birds close to life size and in their natural surroundings.

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