Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata) lithograph. F.W. Frohawk c1896.

$95.00

Antique print of Cardinal-Tanager. Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata) – native to Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Northern Argentina, it has been introduced to the island of Hawaii.

Original colour-printed lithograph after a drawing by Frederick W. Frohawk (1861-1946), who was an English natural history 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.

This lithograph is printed almost to the right edge of the page. Page measures 27 x 18 cm (10.5 x 7 inches)