Snowy Owl with prey. Chromolithograph, Sharpe c1897.

by Bowdler-Sharpe, Richard

Antique print of Snowy Owl with Hare, c1897.

Original colour-printed lithograph for Edward Lloyd's Natural History by Richard Bowdler-Sharpe. Printed by Wyman & Sons Limited. To print this lovely little owl, the small plate for this lithograph was adapted from the steel plate engraved by William Home Lizars 60 years earlier.

This lithograph measures 11.5 x 18cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches).