STREETWISE !! Vintage Framed Chromolithographic Print - Golden Wyandottes - Signed Ludlow

J.W LUDLOW -- FRAMED VINTAGE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC COLOR PRINT - "GOLDEN WYANDOTTES" - PLATE III - 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) THE ARTIST SPECIALIZED IN ILLUSTRATING DOMESTIC BIRDS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER

THE ITEM IS PRINT SIGNED AND TITLED - "GOLDEN WYANDOTTES"  WHICH ARE DEPICTED IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT, SOMETHING WHICH THE ARTIST J.W LUDLOW WAS FAMOUS FOR ALWAYS DOING.     THE GOLDEN WYANDOTTE IS AN AMERICAN BREED OF CHICKEN DEVELOPED IN THE 1870's.  IT WAS NAMED AFTER THE INDIGENOUS WYANDOT PEOPLE OF NORTH AMERICA.  IT IS A POPULAR SHOW-BIRD WITH MANY COLOR VARIANTS AND WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED THE "AMERICAN SEBRIGHT"

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 :

https://www.etsy.com/dk-en/listing/274491570/antique-print-of-golden-wyandotte

http://www.finevintageart.com/j-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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                   This item may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee with SAPO and 10kgs with Courier