Eurasian bittern (Ardea Stellaris.) Plate 68.

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• ARTIST: Eleazer Albin

• PUBLISHER: Published London.

• MEDIUM: Etching,

  DATE: c. 1733

• EDITION SIZE: Platemark 9 3/4 x 8 1/4" (24.8 x 21 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: From Albin's "A Natural History of Birds". This is the earliest comprehensive British work with colored plates, all 300 of which were etched and colored personally by Albin and his wife, Elizabeth. Albin's and Cateby's works were also the earliest ornithological books to illustrate American birds.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 11 x 14 inch mat for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition.

• REFERENCE: Nissen SVB5. Sitwell, Fine Bird Books, 71.

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Birds , Other Water Birds