Female Condor with prey, quite overpowered, c1808

by Shaw, George

Small antique print of Largest Bird of Prey.

Original copperplate engraving by Owen, for Zoological Lectures at the Royal Institution by George Shaw, published by George Kearsley in London c1808 (with later hand-colour).

George Shaw (1751-1813) qualified as a doctor in 1772, but changed careers in1786 to become assistant lecturer in Botany at Oxford University. Co-founding the Linnaean Society in 1788, Shaw was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.
Assistant Keeper of the Zoological Department at the British Museum from 1791 and Keeper from 1807, Shaw gave lectures at the Royal Institution and wrote books.

Page size 215 x 130mm ( 8.5 x 5 inches)... Fine antique print.