P.J. SELBY HAND COLORED ETCHING "COMMON SHOVELER"

FRAMED HAND COLORED ENGRAVING "COMMON SHOVELER, M.&F. PLATE XLVIII" BY PRIDEAUX JOHN SHELBY - From a rare black and white edition of Prideaux John Selby’s “Illustrations of British Ornithology”. Professionally hand-colored with extreme accuracy and printed on elephant folio paper.  P.J. Selby (1788-1867) was the only artist other than Audubon to depict every bird in its actual size. Selby, an ornithologist and an artist, engraved many of his large folio plates himself. This print is signed in the plate. Framed dimensions 33” x 29” - STRASBURG EMPORIUM