Lot 121629: Wilhelm von Wright - Beautiful lithograph of Scandinavian Fishes 1892
This lithograph is from the second larger edition of Skandinaviens Fiskar or The Fishes of Scandinavia drawn by Wilhelm von Wright.
Published by Norsted and Soners Forlag, Stockholm, 1892.
This work produced excellent finely hand-coloured lithographs from the drawings of Wilhelm von Wright (1810-1887).
Born in Finland, von Wright was a natural history painter, illustrator and lithographer of very rare talent. He moved to Stockholm in 1828 to assist his eldest brother Magnus with his work on his Svenska Foglar (Swedish Birds).
This is one of the great works on the ichthyology of northern Europe.
Size: 13in x 10.5in (33cm x 27cm)
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