The Marabou and the Secretary Bird - Beckmann Wood Engraving - 1880
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Original 1880 wood engraving titled at the foot El marabú y el secretario del Jardín Zoológico de Colonia: the two African wading birds drawn from life at the Cologne zoo, the marabou hunched in the foreground and the secretary bird upright, with its crest of feathers. Signed in the block Ludw. Beckmann and H. Schneider sc.
Original 1880 wood engraving titled at the foot El marabú y el secretario del Jardín Zoológico de Colonia: the two African wading birds drawn from life at the Cologne zoo, the marabou hunched in the foreground and the secretary bird upright, with its crest of feathers. Signed in the block Ludw. Beckmann and H. Schneider sc.
Medium: Wood engraving.
Artist / after: Ludwig Beckmann (1822-1902).
Engraver: H. Schneider.
Date: 1880.
Source: El Mundo Ilustrado. Biblioteca de las Familias, Espasa Hermanos, Barcelona; vol. III, page 89.
Dimensions: Image 9.3 x 7.1 in (23.5 x 18 cm).
Condition: A magazine leaf with text on the back. Toned paper, with damp staining in the left and lower margins, outside the image.
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Original 1880 wood engraving titled at the foot El marabú y el secretario del Jardín Zoológico de Colonia: the two African wading birds drawn from life at the Cologne zoo, the marabou hunched in the foreground and the secretary bird upright, with its crest of feathers. Signed in the block Ludw. Beckmann and H. Schneider sc.