(Irish/English, 1830-1908)
from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's Monograph of the Paradiseidae (Birds of Paradise), 1891, H. Sotheran & Co., London, publisher: Great Sickle Billed Bird (Epimachus Speciosus); Stephanie's Astrapia (Astrarchia Stephaniae); hand colored lithographs with gum arabic on paper, sheet 22 x 15-1/8 in.; matching gilt wood frames, 32-1/2 x 25-3/8 x 1-1/2 in.
Provenance: Collection of Karen Shackleford Moore, Baltimore, Maryland
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Collection of Karen Shackleford Moore, Baltimore, Maryland
one examined out of frame, hinged at top corners, toning, fadingļ¼ frames with light wear
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