Set of 3 Antique Owl Prints: Dwarf Screech, Burrowing and Great Horned Owl, 1893

1893 · Birds, Plants & Natural History

Set of 3 Antique Owl Prints: Dwarf Screech, Burrowing and Great Horned Owl, 1893

Name: Set of 3 Antique Owl Prints: Dwarf Screech, Burrowing and Great Horned Owl, 1893
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12331-1, BG-12331-2 & BG-12331-6
Price: 280 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1893
Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 21.5 × 13 cm (8.5 × 5.1 in)
Condition: Good. Age-related toning. Minor wear and small defects. Blank verso. Please study images carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Reference: BG-12331-1, BG-12331-2 & BG-12331-6

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

Three owls of North America, a set of three original color lithographs from The Hawks and Owls of the United States by C. Hart Merriam and A. K. Fisher, illustrated by John L. Ridgway and dated 1893. Each plate is lettered at the head "Bull. No. 3. Div. Ornithology", and the first carries the plate number 26.

The three sheets show the Dwarf Screech Owl, the Burrowing Owl and the Great Horned Owl, each titled in capitals beneath the image with the scientific name in italics below. The Dwarf Screech Owl perches upright on a bough of pine needles, its plumage finely streaked and barred in grays and browns. The Burrowing Owl stands on a sandy mound beside a hole in the ground, in the open dry country the species favors, drawn in tawny browns with a long-legged stance. The Great Horned Owl, with its tufted ears and yellow eyes, sits on a mossy log with a plump brown prey animal gripped beneath it.

The plates were made to illustrate the habits and diet of North American birds of prey, and Ridgway's soft, natural coloring gives each bird a quiet setting rather than a bare background.

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