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Group of four chromolithgraph plates of Birds of Prey, Ornithologie Brasilienne

Creator: Jean Theodore descourtilz
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
Set of four chromolithgraph plates of Birds of Prey, printed in colour and finished by hand. sheet size 44 x 61.5cm.

Descourtilz worked for the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro. He was the son of French adventurer, botanist and naturalist Michel Etienne Descourtilz. The only other work that Descourtilz was known to have illustrated was his father's work Flore Pittoresque et Médicale des Antilles.

More Information

Documentation:	Ample Provenance
Origin:	Brazil
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	chromolithograph
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1860
Number of Pieces:	4-5
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	87483
Incollect Reference #:	338057

Dimensions

W.	17.32 in;	H.	24.21 in;
W.	44 cm;	H.	61.5 cm;

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