Antique Hand Colored Engraved Plate - Great BustardGorgeous original hand coloured wood engraving done by artist Francis Orpin Morris. this piece of art is matted and comes in a plastic sleeve with the original text. This piece does have a small mark dot on the surface of the picture as shown. Below is a history of the artist and printer taken from this source: (https: antiquarianprintshop. com products bird morris rev francis orpen turnstone c1870 matted) Reverend Francis Orpen Morris (1810 1893) was

comfortable

Made in England

The pendant is on a rigid

champagne diamonds that have an estimated total weight of 0

” His mastery of glass craft shows in this well balanced

carved mother-of-pearl and marcasite earrings and necklace

he devoted his leisure time to writing about British birds

The plate has a gold/green finish that shimmers with painted enamel flowers

This handmade ring is circa 1930’s showcases a rectangular 13*8

He helped organise the insect collection in Oxford's Ashmolean Museum

At the age of 22 he moved to New York city and did window designs for Macy’s

who approached Morris to write the text when Morris became Vicar of Nafferton