Little Black and Orange Indian Hawk Hand-Colored Plate Schmidt Publisher Place Halle

Schmidt Publisher Place Halle

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Little Black and Orange Indian Hawk Hand-Colored Plate Schmidt Publisher Place HalleHand colored lithographic plate, 9 inches wide and 11. 75 inches long. From G. Edwards, A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, part III, plate 108, 1750. Edwards describes the bird as being from Bengali in the East Indies and was part of a rarities collection sent to Dr. Mead in 1748. Edwards believed that this hawk had been trained for hunting. Publisher Printed for the Author Publisher Place London Date Published 1750 Date Published Estimated No