Original hand-colored engraving with five carrion birds of prey named below: King of the Vultures, Sociable Vulture, Bearded Vulture or Lammergeyer, Griffon Vulture and Condor. Drawn by James Stewart and engraved by J. Brown. It is number 51 in A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, by Oliver Goldsmith.
Original hand-colored engraving with five carrion birds of prey named below: King of the Vultures, Sociable Vulture, Bearded Vulture or Lammergeyer, Griffon Vulture and Condor. Drawn by James Stewart and engraved by J. Brown. It is number 51 in A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, by Oliver Goldsmith.
Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: James Stewart.
Engraver: J. Brown.
Date: 1850.
Source: Oliver Goldsmith, A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Blackie & Son (Glasgow, Edinburgh and London), no. 51.
Dimensions: 6 x 9.6 in (15.2 x 24.3 cm).
Condition: Fair. Paper with light toning and some foxing in the margins; color well preserved.