A set of twelve handcoloured ornithological lithographs by J. Wolfe & J. Smit, 1872

Property of a Private British Collector

A set of twelve handcoloured ornithological lithographs by J. Wolfe & J. Smit

1872

comprising twelve plates from Daniel Giraud Elliott's (1835-1915) A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants published by M. & N. Hanart, titled 'Phasianus formosanus' (pheasant), 'Euplocamus pyronotus' (Fireback pheasant), 'Phasianus wallichii' (cheer pheasant), 'Pucrasia macrolopha' (koklass pheasant), 'Thaumalea obscura' (golden pheasant), 'Ceriornis caboti' (Cabot’s tragopan), 'Euplocamus nobilis' (noble pheasant), 'Thaumalea picta' (golden pheasant), 'Ceriornis satyra' (satyr tragopan), 'Ceriornis melanocephala' (western tragopan), 'Calophasis ellioti' (Elliot’s pheasant) and 'Hybrid pheasant', each mounted in a glazed giltwood frame

landscape, framed: 66cm. by 79cm

portrait, framed: 80cm. by 65cm.