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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24.9 x 15.5cm (9.8 x 6.5 inches). This is an original hand colored wood engraving made for Charles Robert Bree in 1866. It is a genuine antique print, not a reproduction. It is in excellent condition. The paper and colors are virtually as fresh as they day the prints were created. Charles Robert Bre..
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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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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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~8.3 by 5.2 inches (21 by 12.8 cm). This superb antique engraving is over 230 years old. It's from "British Zoology" by Thomas Pennant, which was published in 1776 in Warrington, England. The illustrations in the early editions were so expensive to produce that he made little money and gave the pro..
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26.5 x 17 cm (10.5 x 6.75 inches).USA, Cuba, BahamasCardinalis cardinalisThis is a beautiful antique lithograph from a work by Arthur G.Butler (1844-1925), an entomologist at the British Museum who worked on the taxonomy of birds, insects and spiders. He employed one of the finest illustrators of bi..
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16.2 x 10.2 cm (6.5 x 4.0 inches)Meleagris gallopavoThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in 1843.It 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 London and Ed..
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16.2 x 10.2 cm (6.5 x 4.0 inches)Meleagris gallopavoThis finely detailed engraving was made in London in 1843.It 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 London and Ed..
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~8.3 by 5.2 inches (21 by 12.8 cm). This superb antique engraving is over 230 years old. It's from "British Zoology" by Thomas Pennant, which was published in 1776 in Warrington, England. The illustrations in the early editions were so expensive to produce that he made little money and gave the pro..
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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 "A Natural History of the Nests & Eggs of British Birds". The paper is good quality and blank on ..
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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 "A Natural History of the Nests & Eggs of British Birds". The paper is good quality and blank on ..
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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 "A Natural History of the Nests & Eggs of British Birds". The paper is good quality and blank on ..
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