Nyroca Fuligula Lin. 7/10. Wilhelm von Wright del c1926

by Wilhelm von Wright

Fine Duck antique print. Wilhelm Von Wright lithograph c1926.

Original lithograph printed in colour and finished by hand by Wilhelm von Wright for Svenska Faglar (Swedish Birds), published in Stockholm between 1924 and 1929 by A. Bortzells for self-taught Finnish natural history artists, brothers Magnus von Wright (1805-1868), Wilhelm Von Wright (1810-1887) and Ferdinand von Wright (1822-1905). Born in the village of Haminalahti in Kuopio, Finland (with Scottish ancestors) and their father a retired Major Henrik Magnus von Wright, the three boys became painters and illustrators, and worked in Stockholm for Swedish ornithologist, Nils Bonde.

This lovely antique print has soiling on left below image, and evidence of previous framing. Page size is approximately 37.5 x 27 cm (14 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches)