Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc.
Downingtown, PA
Details
- Dimensions
- 21.75ʺW × 1.75ʺD × 28.75ʺH
- Styles
- French
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Art Subjects
- Animals
- Period
- Early 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- France
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Engraving
- Glass
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- White
- Condition Notes
- Good Good less
- Description
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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 8,
Paris 1809-1811.
A remarkable large engraving of a pigeon- A Columba Chalcoptera (Colombe Lumachelle Mâle). 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 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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Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc.
Downingtown, PA
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