F.O. Morris
Rev. Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893)
“History of British Birds” 1851-1903, London
Hand-coloured engravings (Each engraving is a Xylographic – woodcut-
print with additional hand colouring) • Titles in English
Sheet size: approx. 6 ½ x 10 inches.
These prints are from Rev. Francis Morris’ (1810-1893) History of British Birds, dating to the mid-1800’s. Morris authored a number of natural history books and guides to the estates of the nobility in the second half of the 1800s.
The color plates were engraved and printed by Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893). Many of the plates have hand coloring added. The illustrations of birds printed by Fawcett are regarded as some of the finest natural history illustrations of the century and are reminiscent of the bird books of Thomas Bewick.