Original hand-colored engraving of the White-fronted Goose, from A History of British Birds by the Reverend Francis Orpen Morris. Wood engraving drawn by Alexander Francis Lydon and printed by Benjamin Fawcett, the bird shown in profile on lightly sketched ground.
Original hand-colored engraving of the White-fronted Goose, from A History of British Birds by the Reverend Francis Orpen Morris. Wood engraving drawn by Alexander Francis Lydon and printed by Benjamin Fawcett, the bird shown in profile on lightly sketched ground.
Medium: Wood engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917).
Engraver / printer: Benjamin Fawcett.
Date: 1851.
Source: Francis Orpen Morris, A History of British Birds.
Dimensions: 4.7 x 7.2 in (12 x 18.2 cm).
Condition: Good. Clean paper and well-preserved color, with light wear at the edges from removal from the volume.