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FIFTY-ONE CHROMOLITHOGRAPH IMAGES ON CD OF BIRDS OF PREY FROM COLOURED FIGURES OF THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. VOLUME I LORD LILFORD Coloured chromolithographed plates, most by Archibald Thorburn and J.G. Keulemans and a few by George Edward Lodge and W. Foster LONDON 1885-1897 |
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BIRDS OF PREY CD VOL. ONE LILFORD 1885-1897 PRICE $49.99 |
Fifty-one high resolution digital BMP images of raptors from Volume I of COLOURED
FIGURES OF THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS . These images can be imported
to Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Adobe Illustrator, Paint Shop Pro, Adobe
Photo Delux, Print Master and other popular painting and drawing programs and
printed on quality inkjet paper producing stunning results suitable for framing.
Or for designing your own greeting cards, posters, brochures and calendars.
The originals are 6" x 9 ¾" and have not been reduced in size.
Offered here is this beautiful collection of bird plates, which were produced
from the original prints. The bright vivid colors are retained in the transfer
to CD format.
This CD contains 51 images of birds of prey / raptors from Volume 1 of
Coloured Figures of British Birds by Lord Lilford. These images were produced
from the superb coloured lithographed plates, most chromolithographed, but
several hand-coloured, by Archibald Thorburn and J.G. Keulemans and a few by
George Edward Lodge and W. Foster. This is a handsome set of images, comprising
one of the best works on British Birds that has ever been undertaken. The 51
plates represent chromolithography at its best "A Complete Report",
printed at the time of Lord Lilford's death- (in "The Field", on Feb.
9th, 1901), discussed an exhibition of Thorburn's drawings at Carter's Gallery
in Jermyn Street, W1., thus: "Mr Thorburn is well known to the public as
being the artist, who in conjunction with Lord Lilford, published the
illustrated volumes on British Birds, the merit of which is so highly estimated,
that volumes are not now to be obtained under considerably more than double the
price at which they were originally published." Keulemans started as
Lilford's primary artist, but on becoming ill, was superceded by Archibald
Thorburn, who went on to complete more than 250 plates to the seven volume work.
"Lilford was an exacting task-master, and knew exactly what he expected
from each plate. Thorburn became a frequent visitor to Lilford, where his host
kept an extensive collection of birds on his estate, which in addition to
aviaries included a pinetum, falconer's quarters, and ponds." (Skipwith p.
168) The relationship between the two men was mutually beneficial, with Thorburn
going on to depict many of Lilford's favorites, "the most interesting and
exotic residents." Nissen IVB 563; Zimmer p. 399; Fine Bird Books p. 42.
BELOW IS JUST A SAMPLING OF SOME OF THE 51 IMAGES.
This CD contains the entire collection of original images as well as a set which has been digitally enhanced in the transfer to CD as in the scan below. These web images are electronically watermarked, the CD images are not.
INDEX TO IMAGES
 | FrontPortrait of Lord Lilford--| 1.GOLDEN EAGLE (Adult)-- | Aquila chrysaetus 2.GOLDEN EAGLE(Immature)-- | Aquila chrysaetus 3.SPOTTED EAGLE (Adult)-- | Aquila noevia 4.SPOTTED EAGLE (Immature)-- | Aquila noevia 5.SPOTTED EAGLE (Immature)-- | Aquila noevia 6.WHITE-TAILED or SEA-EAGLE (Adult)-- | Aquila haliaetus 7.WHITE-TAILED or SEA-EAGLE (Immature)-- | Aquila haliaetus 8.OSPREY-- | Pandion haliaetus 9.COMMON BUZZARD-- | Buteo vulgaris 10.ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD-- | Buteo lagopus 11.HONEY BUZZARD-- | Pernis apivorus 12.HONEY BUZZARD-- | Pernis apivorus 13.KITE-- | Milvus regalis 14.BLACK KITE-- | Milvus migrans 15.GYR FALCON-- | Falco gyrfalco 16.ICELAND FALCON (Adult female)-- | Falco islandus 17.ICELAND FALCON (Immature female)-- | Falco islandus 18.GREENLAND FALCON-- | Falco candicans 19.PEREGRINE FALCON (Female, fourth year)-- | Falco peregrinus 20.PEREGRINE FALCON (Male, first year)-- | Falco peregrinus 21.HOBBY (ADULT)-- | Falco subbuteo 22.HOBBY (Immature)-- | Falco subbuteo 23.RED-FOOTED FALCON-- | Falco vespertinus 24.MERLIN (Adult male)-- | Falco oesalon 25.MERLIN (Adult female and immature male)-- | Falco oesalon 26.KESTREL-- | Falco tinnunculus 27.LESSER KESTREL-- | Falco cenchris 28.GOS-HAWK (Adult female)-- | Astur palumbarius 29.GOS-HAWK (Plumage of first year)-- | Astur palumbarius 30.SPARROW-HAWK (Male)-- | Accipiter nisus 31.SPARROW-HAWK (Female)-- | Accipiter nisus 32.SPARROW-HAWK (Immature male)-- | Accipiter nisus 33.SPARROW-HAWK (Immature female)-- | Accipiter nisus 34.MARSH- HARRIER (Very old male)-- | Circus oeruginosus 35.MARSH- HARRIER (Plumage of first year)-- | Circus oeruginosus 36.HEN-HARRIER-- | Circus cyaneus) 37.MONTAGU'S HARRIER (Adult and immature males)-- | Circus cineraceus 38.MONTAGU'S HARRIER (Female and dark form of male)-- | Circus cineraceus 39.GRIFFON VULTURE-- | Gyps fulvus 40.NEOPHRON or EGYPTIAN VULTURE-- | Neophron perconopterus 41.TAWNY, BROWN, or WOOD-OWL-- | Syrnium aluco 42.TAWNY, BROWN, or WOOD-OWL (Grey race)-- | Syrnium aluco 43.TENGMALM'S OWL-- | Nyctala tengmalmi 44.LONG-EARED OWL-- | Asio otus 45.SHORT-EARED OWL-- | Asio brachyotus 46.EAGLE-OWL-- | Bubo maximus 47.SCOPS OWL-- | Scops giu 48.LITTLE OWL-- | Athene noctua 49.HAWK-OWL-- | Surnia funerea 50.SNOWY OWL-- | Nyctea scandiaca 51.BARN-OWL-- | Strix flammea
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