Madame Pauline Knip Engravings of a Pigeon, Plate 42, Colombe Tourterelle

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Madame Pauline Knip Engraving of A Pigeon,
From Les pigeons par Madame Knip, née Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte … more Madame Pauline Knip Engraving of A Pigeon,
From Les pigeons par Madame Knip, née Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte par C.J. Themminck,
Plate 42,
Paris 1809-1811.

A remarkable large engraving of a pigeon- A Colombe Tourterelle (Columba Turtur) The large print floats within a gilt frame and white matte and with UV Tru-view Clear UV Glass.

Dimensions: 28 3/4 inches 21 3/4 inches wide x 1 1/4 inches; Sight: 20 3/4 inches high x 13 1/4 inches

Pauline Knip née Pauline Rifer de Courcelles (26 July 1781 – 18 April 1851) was a French bird artist who was married to Joseph August Knip from 1808 until the divorce in 1824. Her paintings of birds, particularly the pigeons, were used in Coenraad Jacob Temminck's multi-part work Histoire Naturelle des Pigeons et des Gallinaces.

Plates printed in color and finished with hand-coloring.

Reference See- Publishing, Pretense, and Pigeons: The Case of Madame Knip by Alexandra K. Neuman, library technician in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, Smithsonian. https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2017/03/31/publishing-pretense-pigeons-case-madame-knip/. less