Prideaux John Selby (British, 1788-1867), Red-breasted Merganser

Lot Details & Additional Photographs

Hand colored engraving, plate 58 from Illustrations of British Ornithology, Volume II (1824), signed within the plate by Selby's brother-in-law, Admiral Robert Mitford, who contributed to 26 plates of this volume, engraved and hand coloured by Daniel Lizars and London: Longman, Rees, Orme., frame below glass.

Plate mark 15 3/4 x 21 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 22 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.

Toning and staining to the sheet, not examined outside the frame.