1760s Genuine antique, Bird, engraving, hand coloured, carved frame, original vintage art

Genuine 260-year-old, copperplate engraving with hand colouring. A extremely rare and unique depiction of a beautiful Partridge bird by English naturalist Michael Seligman. Facinating, large antiquarian piece in remarkable condition for its age. Framed with antique solid oak wood with carved gilt details, and custom mount behind glass.

54cm x 58cm frame

Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739 – 1810) was a prominent German naturalist, physician, and academic whose work advanced the fields of botany and zoology during the late Enlightenment era. Born in Weißensee, Thuringia, he studied medicine, natural sciences, and theology at the University of Halle starting in 1758 before traveling to Uppsala, Sweden, to train intensively in botany under Carl Linnaeus, earning his medical degree (MD) in 1760. As one of Linnaeus's last direct pupils and correspondents, Schreber played a key role in disseminating and expanding Linnaean taxonomy across Europe.