A Decorative Group of Thirteen Framed & Hand-Coloured Lithographs & Woodblock Prints of British Birds’ Eggs c.1842-56

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A Decorative Group of Thirteen Framed & Hand-Coloured Lithographs & Woodblock Prints of British Birds’ Eggs c.1842-56Origin: British Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1842 56 In Frames: 11. 5 high x 7. 75 wide each The decorative group of thirteen framed and hand coloured mixed lithographs and woodblocks on wove paper, of natural history interest, each depicting eggs from British birds set upon soft pastel coloured grounds of pink, green and ivory published by Henry Leonard Meyer in "Coloured Illustrations of British Birds and Their Eggs" in 1842

We have given the wood an oil and wax and the brass a light clean but further work in this regard could be carried out if so desired

The frames are contemporary and are of good build quality

probably by Robert Jones

Width: 21”

Gold or silver leaf generally covered the entire frame

this highly rated film stars the rather gorgeous Jean Seberg as Cecile

The piece terminates in a double border filled with running stylized flowered vines and the tarantula pattern in saffron yellow and rust

on a board

having whiskers and spotted fur to neck

Steam power quickly won the battle against animal power as is evident by a newspaper article written in England in 1895 entitled "Horseflesh vs

The wonderfully evocative phrenologist bust of in plaster

There are a few small areas of loss to the paper but nothing of real concern