99 Johann Leonhard Frisch - Hand-coloured Engraving - Black-crowned night heron - Nycticorax nycticorax
This originally hand-coloured engraving is from Johann Leonhard Frisch's Vorstellung der Vogel in Teutschland und Beylaugffig auch Einiger Fremden, mit Ihren Eigenschaften Beschrieben…und Nach Iheren Naturlichen Farben. The work was completed by his son Jodocus Leopold in 1763 and published by Friedrich Wilhelm Birnstiel in Berlin.
Johann Leonhard Frisch led a varied career including being a singer, minister, interpreter for the German army, and a headmaster at a Berlin school. His academic pursuits interested him in natural history and to form a Cabinet of Curiosities from which the illustrations for the work were often drawn. Frisch is credited by some with the discovery of the colour 'Prussian blue', and was responsible for the planting of mulberries on the ramparts of Berlin in a successful attempt to produce silk.
Artist
Johann Leonhard Frisch
Medium
Hand-coloured Engraving
Dimensions
34 cm x 22 cm
Date
1763
- Condition:This work is in good overall condition, with minor surface wear and imperfections possibly present. Soiling, small tears. Please review the images carefully for condition details, and feel free to contact us with any questions or for a comprehensive condition report.
- Dimensions:34 cm x 22 cm
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