Original hand-colored engraving with the Crocodile of the Nile, the Ornamented Tupinambis, the Dragon Lizard and the Common Guana. Number XXVII in the natural history of Oliver Goldsmith published by A. Fullarton and Co. in London and Edinburgh.
Original hand-colored engraving with the Crocodile of the Nile, the Ornamented Tupinambis, the Dragon Lizard and the Common Guana. Number XXVII in the natural history of Oliver Goldsmith published by A. Fullarton and Co. in London and Edinburgh.
Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored.
Date: 1860.
Source: Oliver Goldsmith, "A History of the Earth and Animated Nature", A. Fullarton and Co., London and Edinburgh; no. XXVII.
Dimensions: 6.5 x 9.8 in (16.5 x 25 cm).
Condition: Good. Light rust spotting in the right margin and a somewhat uneven left edge from removal from the binding; the image is not affected.