A Group of Eight Mid-19thC Hand-Coloured Engravings of British Birds c.1857 antiques she appears to be depicted

she appears to be depicted almost against a halo which would of course be the outline to her ruff which was par for the course in this period

and several on the base

The treatment is more sparse here and Saint Anthony appears more defined than in

With the soul in the shining eyes of him

A Group of Eight Mid-19thC Hand-Coloured Engravings of British Birds c.1857 antiques she appears to be depictedOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1857 Height: 10. 75 Width: 7. 25 (each) The octet of early Victorian period engravings, with the finely executed hand colouring to each, being original illustrations published in 1857 in Henry Leonard Meyer's 'Illustrations of British Birds and Their Eggs', hailing from the middle of the nineteenth century and showing a wonderful and vibrant array of birds, each now framed for