Plate from 1849 - Martin and Carouge - engraving by E. Travies - birds

✨ Authentic engraving from 1849 (176 years ago!). This is not a modern reproduction, but a genuine antique engraving. ✨ Subject: Moustached Swift and Red-winged Blackbird. 🌿 Artist: Edouard Travies. 🌿 Size: 15 X 24 cm. 🌿 Edition: 1849. 🌿 Condition: very good, with some usual signs of age. The artist of the work is Édouard Traviès de Villers (1809 - 1876), a French animal painter, illustrator, and lithographer, known for his representations of birds and insects. The engraving is taken from the Atlas of the Natural History Dictionary by Charles d’Orbigny, a 19th-century scientific work that brings together plates and detailed descriptions of the animal and plant kingdoms. Combining scientific rigor and artistic quality, each engraving accurately illustrates natural diversity, making this dictionary a pedagogical and decorative document, ideal for framing and collecting. The Moustached Swift is a slender, dark aerial bird with a fine light patch resembling a moustache. The male Red-winged Blackbird displays glossy black plumage accented with red and yellow shoulder patches. Both impress with their energy and vitality. 🌸 Secure shipping: Rigid protection to ensure the condition upon arrival. 🌸 Bulk purchase: Discounts available for the purchase of multiple plates. Contact me to optimise shipping costs. 🌸 More choices in my shop - Browse my other lithographs and prints for more botany and zoology. Reference: 46-1-65. Texts inscribed on the engraving: (Pl. 3). Fig. 1. MOUSTACHED SWIFT (Cypselus mystaceus Less.) --- Decoration, vintage, colony, song, fast flight, plain, marsh. Colony, song, fast flight.