Madame Pauline Knip Engravings of a Pigeon, Plate 16, Columba Guinea

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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 16,
Paris 1809-1811.

A remarkable large engraving of a pigeon- A Columba Guinea (Colombe Roussard, Male). The engraving floating 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 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/.

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