Description
This is obsoultely a rare selection of 9 coloured wood engravings of trout, grayling, sea trout & salmon, are from a special reprint of Rev. William Houghton's classic 1879 two-volume set, "British Freshwater Fishes" They were presented as presentation prints for the publication, "The Angler," during the late nineteenth century by the distinguished printers, E.T.W. Dennis of Scarborough The original illustrations were superbly drawn from nature by watercolour artist, Alexandra Francis Lydon, & produced by Benjamin Fawcett, one of the country's finest nineteenth century colour printers Their famous collaboration, lasting over 30 years, resulted in illustrating many memorable natural history works including the beautiful plates for Couch's "A History of British Fishes" Over all size is 11 X 8 inches Circa 1880's Author - Houghton Artist - Lyndon Verso is blank Shipping : I take huge pride in packing since it is a delicate & important part . This print will come in an acid free backing board as well as in an acid free sleeve. WaterMark : As you can see the white lines around the print those are Electronically generated & will not appear on your original Print. Authenticity : All our prints are guaranteed to be an original. Refund : within 7 days. Original Antique Colored Chromolithograph Trout Grayling Salmon Prints Total Of Nine
