An Attractive Group of Four 19thC Hand-Coloured Engravings of Birds From “A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature ” c.1850 sub-Curios now treated

now treated

They worked in Birmingham as sheet metal workers

A mottled purple gloss'd with green

The Two Smaller:

the sitter shown in a black over garment with a white collared under garment with a golden silk tassel

An Attractive Group of Four 19thC Hand-Coloured Engravings of Birds From “A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature ” c.1850 sub-Curios now treatedOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 In Frames: 12 wide x 8. 75 high (each) The quartet of antique engraved prints with the well executed original hand colouring to each, being the original illustrations published in London by A. Fullarton & Co of London around 1850, in A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature" By Oliver Goldsmith, showing a wonderful and vibrant array of idiosyncratic birds. The finely coloured