Birds of Guinea after Bosman - Copper Engraving by N. Parr - 18th C
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Antique copper engraving with nine birds of the coast of Guinea taken from the accounts of Willem Bosman and Jean Barbot: the guinea fowl, the Sestro and Whidah pheasants, the "Whidah Crown-Bird", the "Pokko" and others. Engraved by Nathaniel Parr and numbered below "Pl. 210, No 117, Vol. 2, p. 762".
Antique copper engraving with nine birds of the coast of Guinea taken from the accounts of Willem Bosman and Jean Barbot: the guinea fowl, the Sestro and Whidah pheasants, the "Whidah Crown-Bird", the "Pokko" and others. Engraved by Nathaniel Parr and numbered below "Pl. 210, No 117, Vol. 2, p. 762".
Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper
Engraver / lithographer: Nathaniel Parr (active about 1740-1760)
Date: About 1745-1759
Source: The Universal Traveller, by Thomas Salmon; London, Richard Baldwin
Dimensions: 14.6 x 9.4 in (37 x 24 cm)
Condition: Toned paper, with cuts and small tears in the margins reinforced on the reverse with tape, visible in the photograph. The image is not affected.
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Antique copper engraving with nine birds of the coast of Guinea taken from the accounts of Willem Bosman and Jean Barbot: the guinea fowl, the Sestro and Whidah pheasants, the "Whidah Crown-Bird", the "Pokko" and others. Engraved by Nathaniel Parr and numbered below "Pl. 210, No 117, Vol. 2, p. 762".