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The trick in antiquing is doing the shopping, we at Alida Lois are proud to offer this wonderful antique engraving from Alexander Wilson the first true American Ornithology; we have listed below the history for your review. If you take a moment and do some research on this artist you will find that Alexander Wilson work goes for hundreds unframed.
This handsome antique framed picture of water fowls measures as follows; frame 18 inches wide, 15 5/8 inches high and the frame is 5/8 inches deep, the engraved hand water color plate mark measures 13 inches wide and 9 7/8 inches high. In viewing the pictures you will see reflections of the tripod and camera appearing "brown" on the reflection, look closely you will see the tripod, we apologies.
This piece of art by Alexander Wilson was engraved by J. G. Warnicke. If you are attracted to this piece of art we invite you to do some research on this piece. His work dates in the early 1800's.
The picture has age to it, and it is very difficult to take pictures of framed art behind glass we did not want to take the picture out of the framing. You will notice some aging to this picture, there is a small brown spot and this could be professional cleaned and re-framed using acid free matting and not-glare glass to protect it from the sun.
Remember when purchasing more than one item, we will be happy to reduce shipping & handling charges reducing shipping cost, shipping in one box, saving our customers money when possible.
We so appreciate each of our customers and you visiting our shop, we hope you will visit our shop again soon, as we will be adding new and exciting items every other day if not daily to every category. We would be happy to send additional pictures on this piece. For additional questions, please feel free to contact us via e-mail at Alida Lois. Thank you again for shopping at Alida Lois.
History on Alexander Wilson: Born in Paisley, Scotland, Alexander Wilson is regarded as the 'father of American ornithology'. He first worked in Scotland as a weaver and peddler and came to the United States in 1794, reportedly to forget several unsuccessful love affairs. He taught school in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for about 10 years and began working on American bird studies after meeting William Bartram in 1802. His work was published the first seven volumes of his landmark work on American birds between 1808 and his death in 1813.
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