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Item Number: 2068
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Condition: used
Manufacturer: Joseph Smit lithograph
Audubon Lithograph This bird lithograph is entitled Stercocarius Chilensis. This is by J. Smit and is signed. Joseph Smit (1836-1929) was born in the Netherlands. He was invited to Britain by Philip Sclater in 1866 and did the lithography for Sclater's Exotic Ornithology. He also did the lithography for Joseph Wolf's Zoological Sketches (second series), as well as Daniel Elliott's monographs on the Phasianeidae and Paradiseida. Smit contributed regularly to the Transactions and the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, Ibis, and The Field. Beginning in the 1870s, he worked on the massive Catalogue of Birds in the Museum, and later on the Lord Lilford's Coloured Figures of the Birds in the British Museum. Considered . . . the best animal painter in England after the death of J. Wolf -- S. Peter Dance The bottom will show M & N Hanbart Imp on the right bottom with J.Smit.lith on the left bottom. At the top right, the plate is numbered, P.Z.S. 18764 PL XXIV. The print is in a matted folder with a tissue covering. The size with the mat is 13 3/4 X 9 3/4 in. and the size of the print is approximately 8 1/8 X 5 1/2 in. This is a historical print of birds and dates around 1900. There is some yellowing, but no spots are apparent on the front of the print. This is one of several prints listed by this artist.
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