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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Harris, William Cornwallis

Equus Montanus - The Modern Zebra: Original Hand Coloured Lithograph

from Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa (1840)

Published: London, W. Pickering, 1840

Edition: From the First Edition

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Original hand coloured lithograph from Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa, Delineated from Life in Their Natural Haunts, During a Hunting Expedition From the Cape Colony as Far as the Tropic of Capricorn in 1836 & 1837, with sketches of the field sports: Equus Montanus - The Modern Zebra.

The lithograph was previously framed and is mounted to hard board.

"One of the rarest and most important works on large game in Africa. This folio was published in five parts containing in total 30 colour plates of the animals that Harris encountered while traveling and hunting in South Africa" (Mendelsohn).

  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 39x55cm
  • Sold By: Richmond Books and Prints
  • Contact Person: John Donaldson
  • Country: South Africa
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  • Telephone: 081 270 8827
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