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Rev. Houghton - Black-finned Trout 1895. This print is fro...

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11491 - Rev. Houghton - Black-finned Trout 1895.

This print is from British Fresh-Water Fishes by the Rev....

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Rev. Houghton - Black-finned Trout 1895.

This print is from British Fresh-Water Fishes by the Rev. William Houghton. Printed by Benjamin Fawcett and published by William MacKenzie of London in 1895. Original 129 year old hand-coloured wood engraving after an illustration by A.F. Lydon.The illustrations are very vivid, beautifully coloured engravings and are among the finest of all the illustrations of fish from this period.

Size: approximately 14in x 10in (35.5cm x 25.4cm).

The print is in excellent condition - please inspect the image carefully for occasional spotting

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+ Calendar 2025-04-15 08:00:00 2025-05-02 12:00:00 Europe/London No Reserve - Antique Prints and Engravings Our auction features ornithological prints by John Gould, Edward Lear, Swainson, Selby, Lewin, Greene, Martinet, Audebert, Lesson, Travies, Manetti, Lemaire, Conrad Susemihl, JC Chenu, Nozeman & Sepp, Bree, Weir, B Morris, Fuertes, Keulemans and many others. Other notable artists are JJ & JW Audubon, Rev. Houghton, J Whymper, A Thorburn, GB Sowerby, John Frederick Miller, George Edwards, Moses Harris, W Hewitson, FP Nodder, Edward Donovan, Georg Winter, HN Humphreys and others. There are numerous botanical engravings by Maria Sybella Merian, Elizabeth Twining, Ferdinand Vietz, Pierre-Joseph Redoute, Trew & Ehret, JE Giraud, T Moore, E Lowe, W Hooker, J Lindley, E Step, Van Houtte and P Stroobant. Also included is vast and varied selection of antique prints from 16th-20th centuries on architecture & designs, caricatures & humour, classical (including ancient Egypt. Rome and Greece), religious & historical, famous buildings and views, maps, sporting events, royal and historical portraits. Featured artists and engravers are Thomas Chippendale, Christoph Glotch, George Vertue, Jacobus Houbraken, Sir William Hamilton, Paul Decker, Anton Seder, John Sell Cotman, Auguste Racinet, Giovanni Panini, Henri Delange, Rudolf Ackermann, Bartolomeo Pinelli, Kyd, Joseph Strutt, Charles Riviere, J Nash, William Nicholson, William Simpson, Hendrick Goltzius, Giovanni Campiglia, Hans Holbein, Julien Boilly and Louis Haghe. Britannica Auctions Ltd

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