Antique prints and engravings
Lot 6123:
Zebra, Jerboa & Sturgeon by J Whymper 1843
These hand-coloured engraving are from Plates Illustrative of Natural History by Josiah Wood Whymper. Published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London 1843.The wood-engraved plate has original hand-colouring with explanatory text beneath. The colouring of the images is clear and bright.Josiah Wood Whymper (1813 – 1903) was a British wood-engraver, book illustrator and watercolourist and his wood-engraving enterprise became one of London’s most successful. Size: 11in x 13.5in (28cm x 34cm)
Condition: The prints are in very good condition but with some minor paper loss – please inspect the images carefully
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