Jardine - Chimney Swallow, Plate 27

Title: Chimney Swallow, Plate 27

Artist: Edward Lizars after Edward Lear and others

Publication: The Naturalist's Library, Ornithology, Vol. II,  The Birds of Great Britain and Ireland by Sir William Jardine

Date: 1843

Print type: Hand colored Steel Engraving

Condition: Good

Size: 6.75" x 4.25"

Code: a2349

Description: Sir William Jardine (1800-1874) compiled and published The Naturalist’s Library, 40 volumes of hand colored engravings and descriptions of all vertebrate species divided into 4 sections: mammals, birds, fish and insects. This antique print is from an early edition volume devoted to Birds of Great Britain and Ireland.   Each antique print is highly detailed and beautifully colored showing the diversity of the birds indigenous to the British Isles inthe 1800s. 
This antique bird print is  in good condition with rich hand coloring and normal age toning of paper. Bound edge shows some wrinkling from tight binding and is untrimmed and rough. 

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