Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah (Steganura paradisea). Frohawk lithograph c1896.

$125.00

Antique print of Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah (now, Vidua obtusa), from Sub-Saharan Africa c1896.

Original colour-printed lithograph by Brumby and Clarke, Ltd, lithographers of Hull, after a drawing by a prominent member of the Victorian natural history scene, Frederick W. Frohawk (1861-1946), who was an English artist – mainly of birds and insects. This brightly-coloured lithograph was printed in colour and published in London circa 1896 for Foreign Finches in Captivity by Arthur G. Butler.

Page size is 27 x 18 cm (10.5 x 7 inches)