FREE RANGE !! Vintage Framed Chromolithographic Print -Gold Pencilled Hamburghs - Signed Ludlow

J.W LUDLOW -- FRAMED VINTAGE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC COLOR PRINT - "GOLD PENCILLED HAMBURGHS" - PLATE 4 - 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 - "GOLD PENCILLED HAMBURGHS"  WHICH ARE DEPICTED IN NATURAL SURROUNDINGS AS J.W LUDLOW ALWAYS DID  THE HAMBURGH IS A BREED OF CHICKEN THOUGHT TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN HOLLAND SOMETIME PRIOR TO THE 14th CENTURY.  IT IS A SMALL OR MEDIUM-SIZED BREED WITH ELEVEN DIFFERENT COLOR VARIETIES ALREADY RECOGNIZED, THE GOLD-PENCILLED BEING ONE

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 :

http://www.heatons-of-tisbury.co.uk/poultry2.html

https://www.1stdibs.com/creators/jw-ludlow/art/

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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                   This item may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee with SAPO and 10kgs with Courier