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Bills of the Sawbills and Sea Ducks, circa 1909

$273.57

£204.27

€240VAT Included

CA$382.56

A$389.55

CHF 225.41

MX$5,136.86

NOK 2,520.48

SEK 2,683.59

DKK 1,829.57

About the Item

This antique bird print shows a comparative plate of six figures lettered Fig I to Fig VI, showing bills and heads from the side and from above, among them a narrow saw edged bill drawn at length to show the backward pointing teeth along its margin. It is plate CXCVII of Charles Stonham's The Birds of the British Islands, drawn by Lilian M. Medland and printed in monochrome, and it carries the plate number and the artist's signature in the lower margin together with the fraction giving the scale at which the bird is reproduced. The plate comes from The Birds of the British Islands by Charles Stonham, issued in five volumes in London by E. Grant Richards between 1906 and 1911 with three hundred and eighteen plates. Every figure was drawn by Lilian Marguerite Medland, one of the small number of women who made a living as a bird artist in Britain at the turn of the century, and her monogram appears on the sheet. Medland worked from skins and from living birds, and the plates are notable for the quiet accuracy of their posture and for the soft modelling of plumage that a monochrome process could carry. She later emigrated to Australia, where she illustrated the standard works on that country's birds, and her British plates have been sought after ever since. Stonham's plates are printed in monochrome rather than colour, and that is the point of them. Freed from the flat washes of a hand coloured bird book, Medland could model a bird in tone alone, and the result reads more like a drawing than a coloured plate. A single sheet hangs extremely well in a plain frame with a generous mount, and a run of three or four from the same volume makes one of the most satisfying groups in natural history printing, quiet enough for a hallway, a study or a dining room and entirely at home beside photographs. The top right corner is slightly short of square, consistent with light handling wear. The four edges follow a straight line with no nick or chip of any consequence. The paper is lightly and unevenly toned, a little browner towards the edges. A few small brown spots are present in the blank margin, consistent with light foxing. This report was measured from the full resolution scan of the front of the sheet, reading each corner and each edge at its own pixels rather than from a reduced copy. The back of the sheet has not been examined, nor has the sheet been seen out of the scanner under raking light. Please review the images for further condition details. This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.

Dimensions:
Height: 12.41 in (31.5 cm)Width: 9.85 in (25 cm)
Style:
Edwardian (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Paper
Place of Origin:
United Kingdom
Period:
Early 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1909
Condition:
The top right corner is slightly short of square, consistent with light handling wear. The four edges follow a straight line with no nick or chip of any consequence.
Seller Location:
Langweer, NL
Reference Number:
Seller: BG-14331-3-731stDibs: LU3054352223622

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