Harp Seal - Phoca Groenlandica 1824 HC Print

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Harp Seal - Phoca Groenlandica 1824 HC
An Original Historical Print from HistoryOnPaper
Hand colored print of The Harp Seal - Phoca Groenlandica - Female
Hamilton-Smith, C. H. 1824-27. Natural History of the Human Species, as arranged with reference to their organization. Order VII.—Ruminantia. Pecora, Lin. 343–344. in The animal kingdom, arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed. Griffith, E., C. Hamilton-Smith, and E. Pidgeon. Vol. V. G. B. Whittaker. London, United Kingdom.
Charles Hamilton Smith: A well known British artist of topographical, antiquarian and natural history subjects, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith was educated first at Richmond, Surrey and then trained as an officer in the Austrian military Academy at Louvain. C. Hamilton Smith joined the British Army in 1797 as a volunteer and served both in the West Indies and in Holland. He then assumed the post of quartermaster for the Walchereren Expedition before finishing his military career in the United States. Charles Hamilton Smith retired from the military in 1820 and settled in Plymouth, England. Setting up an artists' colony there, Hamilton Smith now devoted himself full-time to both writing and illustrating his own books. Some of his best known works include, "Selections of Ancient Costume of Great Britain" and "Ireland, Costume of the Original Inhabitants of British Isles" and "Natural History of the Human Species". This original etching and engraving of a female harp seal is indicative of Charles Hamilton Smith's fine, early art in the field of natural history.
Type of Print
Lithograph - Wood Print -
Engraving
- Copper Engraving - Photogravure
Printing Year
1824
Dated on print
Artist - Engraver - Publisher
Hamilton Smith -  ***** - Whittaker, London
Print Size (Approx)
4.5  inches  X8. 5  inches
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A little handling wear but a great print
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