Peruvian best Plantcutter Bird, Original Hand-Painted Antique Lithograph, 1883 London Zoological Society

Peruvian Plantcutter (Phytotoma Raimondii). Original beautifully hand-painted stone lithograph by Dutch zoological illustrator, Joseph Smit. Hanhart transferred it to stone and then it was water colored by hand. It is rare and finely detailed lithograph that was originally produced for the 1883 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.

Dimensions (sheet size): best
Approx. 6-1/2" x 8-1/2"

Condition:
Very good+. It is clean with lovely original hand color.

It will be packaged in a plastic sleeve on a backing and will ship within a rigid mailer for protection.


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