Antique Bird Print of The Woodcock by Prang, 1898

1898 · Birds, Plants & Natural History

Antique Bird Print of The Woodcock by Prang, 1898

Name: Antique Bird Print of The Woodcock by Prang, 1898
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11373-6-4
Price: 215 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1898
Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 32 × 24.5 cm (12.6 × 9.6 in)
Period: The Gilded Age
Reference: BG-11373-6-4

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 woodcock, an original chromolithograph from the natural history set Animate Creation, published in New York by Selmar Hess in 1898. The sheet is printed in color from stone, with the plate title "Woodcock" below the image and the imprint "Selmar Hess, Publisher, N.Y." beneath the picture.

Two long-billed woodcocks stand in a damp woodland clearing. The nearer bird faces left with its bill angled down toward the ground, while the second probes the mud at the left among dead leaves and clumps of sedge. Slender beech trunks rise behind, their branches still carrying autumn foliage, and fallen red and yellow leaves lie on the forest floor. The browns, russets and greens are laid in soft, layered tones, and the plumage of the barred head and mottled back is carefully modeled.

The set is cataloged as the work of Louis Prang (1824 to 1909), a German-born printer in Boston and the leading American color lithographer of the century. The setting and plumage suggest the Old World woodcock.

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