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Description: Depiction of a Night-Jar. From "Coloured Illustrations of British birds and their Eggs" by H. L. Meÿer. Published by G. W. Nickisson in London.
Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Henry Leonard Meÿer'. Henry Leonard Meÿer was a Dutch-born British ornithologist who, accompanied by his wife Mary Ann, made a series of paintings of British birds and their eggs between 1835 and 1850. The Meÿer’ Illustrations are an important nineteenth-century survey of British birdlife. They form one of the most complete catalogues of birds and their eggs published in British ornithology.
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Subject: Antique print, untitled. Depiction of a Night-Jar.
Condition: Good, given age. Small margins, some foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 13.3 x 21.5 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 5.2 x 8.5 inch.
Medium: Lithograph on wove paper.
Location: MAN-C10-27
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