DEAR COL SAUNDERS !! Vintage Framed Chromolithographic Print - Dark Dorkings - Signed Ludlow

J.W LUDLOW -- FRAMED VINTAGE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC COLOR PRINT - "DARK DORKINGS" - PLATE 28 - SIGNED

A RARE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC PRINT FROM THE "ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF POULTRY" 1873 IN WHICH THE ILLUSTRATIONS WERE EXECUTED ORIGINALLY BY ENGLISH ORNITHOLOGICAL ARTIST J.W LUDLOW (1840-1916) WHO SPECIALIZED IN ILLUSTRATING DOMESTIC BIRDS

THE ITEM IS PRINT SIGNED AND TITLED - "DARK DORKINGS" WHICH ARE DEPICTED IN NATURAL SURROUNDINGS.  THE DORKING IS A BREED OF DOMESTIC CHICKEN, NAMED FOR THE TOWN OF DORKING, SURREY.  IT IS AMONG THE OLDEST OF BRITISH CHICKEN BREEDS WHICH IS ALSO A POPULAR EXHIBITION BIRD

THESE PRINTS BY J.W LUDLOW ARE CONSIDERED COLLECTABLE AND RARE.   THIS ITEM IS FRAMED IN A VINTAGE WOOD FRAME PAINTED A BRIGHT GOLD COLOR.  THE ITEM HAS PROTECTIVE GLASS AND A BACKBOARD AND IS WIRED TO BE DISPLAYED

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : AS DESCRIBED ABOVE

LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :

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http://oldprintshop.com/shop?search=JW+LUDLOW

CONDITION : THE PRINT, GLASS AND FRAME ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS, CHIPS, DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : FRAME - 36.7cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....31.8cm TOP TO BOTTOM.....1.5cm THICK

          PRINT - 23.8cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....18.2cm TOP TO BOTTOM

POSTAGE :  Postage method is Buyers Choice

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