Mottled owl bird print by Fawcett in a history of british birds
Mottled owl bird print by Fawcett in a history of british birds
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Mottled owl bird print by Fawcett in a history of british birds
Mottled owl bird print by Fawcett in a history of british birds
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back of frame of mottled owl bird print by Fawcett in a history of british birds

Antique Bird Print: Mottled Owl from A History of British Birds

£35.00

A delightful, framed, antique hand-coloured print of a Mottled Owl by Fawcett as featured in F.O. Morris’s ‘A History of British Birds’. Who-Who-Who enquires Owl. Good question, Fawcett was a renowned 19th Century engraver who collaborated with Morris on the acclaimed 6-volume series bringing coloured birds in their environment to a wider audience for the first time.

Owl should ask another question though. Why, why, why am I in a natural history book on British Birds? This Central and South American owl was a true rarity in the UK with only one record of a pair in 1852 shot on a Yorkshire Estate putting an end to any increase in numbers. Unfortunate for the birds but timely for its inclusion for posterity in Morris’s seminal works. You won’t find it in today’s British bird guides.

Product Details

Materials: Hand-coloured engraving on paper

Approximate Size: Framed 38.5 cm x 32 cm x 1.8 cm

A delightful, framed, antique hand-coloured print of a Mottled Owl by Fawcett as featured in F.O. Morris’s ‘A History of British Birds’. Who-Who-Who enquires Owl. Good question, Fawcett was a renowned 19th Century engraver who collaborated with Morris on the acclaimed 6-volume series bringing coloured birds in their environment to a wider audience for the first time.

Owl should ask another question though. Why, why, why am I in a natural history book on British Birds? This Central and South American owl was a true rarity in the UK with only one record of a pair in 1852 shot on a Yorkshire Estate putting an end to any increase in numbers. Unfortunate for the birds but timely for its inclusion for posterity in Morris’s seminal works. You won’t find it in today’s British bird guides.

Product Details

Materials: Hand-coloured engraving on paper

Approximate Size: Framed 38.5 cm x 32 cm x 1.8 cm

Additional Information

Framed.

Several editions and reissues were published of the History of Birds during the 19th Century with the first edition comprising 6 volumes issued between 1851-1857. This print, although not authenticated is likely from a reissue of the first or second edition based on similar examples online.

If you’re interested, you can learn more about the 1852 record of the Mottled Owl from www.historicalrarebirds.info a great website supported by British Birds Rarities Commission (Naylor 2025).