A Group of Eight Mid-19thC Hand-Coloured Engravings of British Birds c.1857 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage They suffer from minor losses

They suffer from minor losses with larger sections of flaking to the lower flanks

Romantically themed

This fine pair would have once adorned a lead planter

The poster is glazed and framed in its original wooden frame

Claude Michel (December 20

A Group of Eight Mid-19thC Hand-Coloured Engravings of British Birds c.1857 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage They suffer from minor lossesOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1857 Height: 10. 75 Width: 7. 25 (each) The octet of early Victorian period engravings, with the finely executed hand colouring to each, being original illustrations published in 1857 in Henry Leonard Meyer's 'Illustrations of British Birds and Their Eggs', hailing from the middle of the nineteenth century and showing a wonderful and vibrant array of birds, each now framed for