A Group of Eight Mid-19thC Hand-Coloured Engravings of British Birds c.1857 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Brothers Robert and James Adam

Brothers Robert and James Adam were almost single-handedly responsible for infusing Georgian architecture with the sensibilities and elements of classical Hellenic and Latinate design

The human face dominated artist Sam Walsh’s output and we see it appear here again

surviving from last quarter of nineteenth century England

One of the most decorative plates of the book

5” w x 5

A Group of Eight Mid-19thC Hand-Coloured Engravings of British Birds c.1857 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Brothers Robert and James AdamOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1857 Height: 10. 75 Width: 7. 25 (each) The octet of early Victorian period engravings, with the finely executed hand colouring to each, being original illustrations published in 1857 in Henry Leonard Meyer's 'Illustrations of British Birds and Their Eggs', hailing from the middle of the nineteenth century and showing a wonderful and vibrant array of birds, each now framed for