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Prideaux John Selby

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A pair of framed bird prints by Prideaux John Selby: Title: A pair of framed bird prints by Prideaux John Selby 1821 - 1826 Dimensions: frame 22 3/4" W x 28 1/2" H; 12" W x 17 1/2"H Provenance/Additional Info:Orioles watermarked 1818 and Crossbills wate

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4 Prideaux John Selby, Hand-Colored Engravings,: 4 Prideaux John Selby, Hand-Colored Engravings, includes "Gooseander Male, Plate LVII", 19.5" by 24.5" (this print has foxing); "Common Coot, Plate XXXII", 16.5" by 22.25" ; "Common Shell-Drake, Plate

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(BIRDS.) Prideaux John Selby. Group of 13 hand-colored etched and engraved plates from Illustrations: (BIRDS.) Prideaux John Selby. Group of 13 hand-colored etched and engraved plates from Illustrations of British Ornithology. Folio sheets, 21x26 inches or smaller, many with 1820s "JWhatman" watermark

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Prideaux John Selby 19th Century Color Engraving,: Prideaux John Selby (British 1788-1867) 19th Century Color Engraving, "Great Auk", Plate LXXXII, circa 1830 25.75 in. x 20.75 in. Overall 32.5 in. x 27.25 in. Dimensions 25.75 in. x 20.75 in. Over

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After Prideaux John Selby, (3) waterfowl prints: After Prideaux John Selby, (3) waterfowl prints, 20th c., hand-colored prints, embossed with plate marks, includes: "Eider, Female", "Spectacle Scoter", and "Stellar's Pochard", each matted and framed

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Prideaux John Selby (British, 1788-1867): Prideaux John Selby (British, 1788-1867) , "Cross Bills", "Pine Bullfinches", "Orioles" and "Starling and Rose Coloured Pastor", 4 hand-colored engravings, from Illustrations of British Ornithology, s

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Prideaux John Selby (1788-1867, English), "Male: Prideaux John Selby (1788-1867, English), "Male Bustard," Plate 64, hand colored engraving from "Illustrations of British Ornithology," 1821-1834/1841-1846, presented in an ebonized mahogany and gilt

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After Prideaux John Selby (1788-1867), 19th century, Five hand coloured ornithological / bird: After Prideaux John Selby (1788-1867), 19th century, Five hand coloured ornithological / bird prints, Glossy Ibis (Young), Plate XII; Whimbrel, Plate XIV; Curlew, Plate XIII; Common Heron, Plate II; a

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PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY, GOLDEN EAGLE FEMALE, C. 1820: Plate 1 to Selby's Illustrations of British Ornithology, Golden Eagle, Female; a hand colored engraving heightened in gum Arabic. Prideaux John Selby was a British artist who once took a lesson from A

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Prideaux John SELBY, MITFORD, Etc.: Seven Etchings: Group of vertically oriented ornithological etchings, comprising six (6) by Prideaux John Selby (British, 1788-1867) and one (1) by Robert Mitford (British, 1781-1870) and another. Provenance: Phyllis

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Prideaux John Selby (British, 1788-1867), "Brent: Prideaux John Selby (British, 1788-1867), "Brent Bernicle", hand colored copper plate engraving from 'Illustrations of British Ornithology (British Birds in their full natural size)', published 1819-3

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HAND-COLORED ENGRAVING AFTER PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY (1788-1867): HAND-COLORED ENGRAVING AFTER PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY (1788-1867)Eider Duck, Plate LXXFull figure of the male of the species in water, titled in plate. Matted behind glass, sliver-gilt frame.Impression: 15

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Prideaux John Selby (1788-1867) Engraving: A hand colored engraving, "Pheasants, M & F", 19th century. Dimensions: Sight is 19" x 23 1/4", the frame 29 1/2" x 33".

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Prideaux John Selby, Ring Dove & Turtle Dove: Hand colored engraving on wove paper by ornithologist and engraver Prideux John Selby, (British, 1788-1867) showing Plate LVI, Ring Dove and Turtle Dove, from Selby's Illustration of British Ornitholo

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Prideaux John Selby (1788-1867) Plate XXXV: Framed print by Prideaux John Selby (1788-1867) From "Illustrations of British Ornithology" (1821-1834). Plate XXXV, 1) Oriole Male, 2) Oriole Female. Signed twice in the plate and dated 1821 (see pho

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Prideaux John Selby (1788-1867) Garganey Teal: Hand colored engraving by British artist and naturalist Prideaux John Selby, captioned "Garganey Teal, Male & Female", plate LII from "Illustrations of British Ornithology", published 1821-1834. On wo

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Item Details

Description

British, 1788-1867
The Sandwich Tern
Signed P J Selby (ll); inscribed on the mount Common Tern (lc) and PL XC (part) (ll)
Black ink, gray wash, with watercolor and possibly gouache over graphite pencil on paper
10 1/8 x 14 ¼ inches (25.7 x 36.2 cm)
Frame 18 5/8 x 22 7/8 inches (47.4 x 58.2 cm)
Provenance:
[Sale] Sotheby's New York, The Library of H. Bradley Martin: The Original Watercolors for Selby's Illustrations of British Ornithology, June 8, 1989, lot 452

Condition

Laid down to the mount. Some faint staining.

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