six-18th-century-eleazar-albin-avian-prints
Lot 193
Six 18th Century Eleazar Albin Avian Prints
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
From A Natural History of Birds (London, 1730s), copperplate engravings on laid paper with hand coloring, birds included are "The Great Black Woodpecker," "Bearded Titmouse," "The Red Linnet Hen," "The Golden Eye," "The Wesel Coot," "The French Teal Hen," three prints are in mats; the remaining three are loose.

DOA in mat 13.25 x 11.25 in.

Collection from Strawberry Hill Antiques, Alexandria, Virginia

All with age toning, minor foxing; left edges somewhat uneven from being unbound.