Discover genuine antique prints about birds.
Bird illustration has been an important art form for centuries. It is a beautiful blend of art and science.
Bird illustration reached a peak in about 1600 to 1900. This was an exciting era of exploration and discovery. Scientists and artists documented and illustrated familiar birds and newly discovered species.
At the same time, it was fashionable for wealthy people to have scientific hobbies. One of the most popular was studying nature. The wealthy employed some of the finest artists to illustrate birds. The illustrations were usually printed as engravings or lithographs.
Choose from thousands of our antique prints of animals. They are genuine antique prints.
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15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus prasinaBrazilThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in the 1840s. This is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. The original hand colouring and engraving is excellent. The publishing company William Home Lizars of ..
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27 x 19 cm (10.6 x 7.4 inches).Der RiesenalkWere found from Spain to Canada. Was ~85cm (33 in) tall. Feathers were highly prized. Became extinct in 1844 due to hunting.This antique lithograph was made in about 1910 and is in excellent condition. It is from a rare set of collecting cards about dinosa..
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26 x 16 cm (10.3 x 6.25 inches)GuillemotThis original antique lithograph was made in the 1890s and is from Henry Seebohm's work on birds eggs, one of the best studies of birds eggs of the 1800s.© Fine Rare Prints..
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25 x 15 cm (10 x 6 inches).This antique print was made by wood engraving in 1855. It is in in excellent condition and is an original antique from the rare, first edition of Reverend Francis Orpen Morris's "A Natural History of the Nests & Eggs of British Birds".Morris created this work in the Englis..
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15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus enicurusBrazilThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in the 1840s. This is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. The original hand colouring and engraving is excellent. The publishing company William Home Lizars of..
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15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus magnificusBrazilThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in the 1840s. This is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. The original hand colouring and engraving is excellent. The publishing company William Home Lizars ..
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15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus magnificusBrazilThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in the 1840s. This is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. The original hand colouring and engraving is excellent. The publishing company William Home Lizars ..
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15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus scutatusBrazilThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in the 1840s. This is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. The original hand colouring and engraving is excellent. The publishing company William Home Lizars of..
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15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus colubrisNorth AmericaThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in the 1840s. This is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. The original hand colouring and engraving is excellent. The publishing company William Home Li..
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26 x 18 cm (10.5 x 7 inches)Lorius cyanostriatusA beautifully colored and illustrated chromolithograph made by Cassell and Company in ~1870 for Thomas Rymer Jones, Professor of Natural History and Comparative Anatomy in King's College, London. This is an original antique print, not a reproduction, a..
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26 x 18 cm (10.5 x 7 inches)Arara macaoA beautifully colored and illustrated chromolithograph made by Cassell and Company in ~1870 for Thomas Rymer Jones, Professor of Natural History and Comparative Anatomy in King's College, London. This is an original antique print, not a reproduction, and is in ..
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15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus ornatusCayenneThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in the 1840s. This is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. The original hand colouring and engraving is excellent. The publishing company William Home Lizars of..
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26 x 18 cm (10.5 x 7 inches)Kamphastos erythrorhynchusA beautifully colored and illustrated chromolithograph made by Cassell and Company in ~1870 for Thomas Rymer Jones, Professor of Natural History and Comparative Anatomy in King's College, London. This is an original antique print, not a reproduct..
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15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus sephanoidesChileThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in the 1840s. This is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. The original hand colouring and engraving is excellent. The publishing company William Home Lizars ..
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15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus furcatusSouth AmericaThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in the 1840s. This is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. The original hand colouring and engraving is excellent. The publishing company William Home Li..
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15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus petashporusBrazilThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in the 1840s. This is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. The original hand colouring and engraving is excellent. The publishing company William Home Lizars..
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15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus mellivorusSurinamThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in the 1840s. This is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. The original hand colouring and engraving is excellent. The publishing company William Home Lizars..
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15.8 x 9.8 cm (6.2 x 4.0 inches)Trochilus leucotisBrazilThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in the 1840s. This is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. The original hand colouring and engraving is excellent. The publishing company William Home Lizars of..
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41 x 30 cm (16 x 11.75 inches).Platycercus flaveolusAustraliaJohn Gould was the enterprising genius behind the creation of 2999 different handcolored lithographic plates of birds and animals. He was born in 1804 on the Dorset coast in England. Gould had no formal university training and considered ..
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Yellow Warbler, White-Eyed Vireo, Yellow-Breasted Chat, Red-Eyed Vireo, American Goldfinch And Louis
29.5 x 22 cm (11.8 x 8 inches).This is an antique chromolithograph, was made in 1893 and is from a work by Henry Nehrling celebrating the North American native birds of song and beauty. Nehrling was the custodian of the public museum of Milwaukee and member of the American Ornithlogists Union. This ..
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25 x 15 cm (10 x 6 inches).This antique print was made by wood engraving in 1855. It is in in excellent condition and is an original antique from the rare, first edition of Reverend Francis Orpen Morris's "A Natural History of the Nests & Eggs of British Birds".Morris created this work in the Englis..
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25 x 15 cm (10 x 6 inches).This antique print was made by wood engraving in 1855. It is in in excellent condition and is an original antique from the rare, first edition of Reverend Francis Orpen Morris's "A Natural History of the Nests & Eggs of British Birds".Morris created this work in the Englis..
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25 x 15 cm (10 x 6 inches).This antique print was made by wood engraving in 1855. It is in in excellent condition and is an original antique from the rare, first edition of Reverend Francis Orpen Morris's "A Natural History of the Nests & Eggs of British Birds".Morris created this work in the Englis..
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