Auction: Discovery - 2906TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: March 31, 2016 10:00AM
Description:
After Henry Constantine Richter and John Gould (British, 19th Century)
Pair of Hummingbird Prints: Eugenes Fulgens and Ramphomicron Stanleyi, from A Monograph of the Trochilidae (Family of Hummingbirds), published London, 1849-61. Both inscribed and titled in the plates. Hand-colored lithographs on paper, sight sizes 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 in., framed. Condition: Toning, fading, foxing, not examined out of frames.
Estimate $200-250
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