KFC CRISES AVOIDED !! Vintage Framed Chromolithographic Print - Buff Orpingtons - Signed Ludlow

J.W LUDLOW -- FRAMED VINTAGE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC COLOR PRINT - "BUFF ORPINGTONS" - PLATE C - 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 - "BUFF ORPINGTONS" WHICH ARE DEPICTED IN NATURAL SURROUNDINGS.  THE ORPINGTON IS A BREED OF CHICKEN, NAMED AFTER THE TOWN OF ORPINGTON, KENT, IN SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND.  IT WAS BRED FOR SUPERIOR EGG LAYING AND IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MORE ATTRACTIVE CHICKEN BREEDS.  THEY ARE ALSO ABLE TO FLY SMALL DISTANCES

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