Birds

Antique bird prints

This category gathers ornithological engravings, from gulls and terns coloured by hand to the curlew sandpiper after Morris and African guinea fowl after Bosman. Pieces range from 1745 to 1984 and include work by Benjamin Fawcett, a leading Victorian colour printer, and Charles George Lewis.

Bird prints appeal to ornithologists and collectors of natural-history illustration, and make an elegant decorative choice for a study. All pieces are original period impressions, each with a technical description and measurements.