Antique Bird Print of the Great Grey Shrike by Sepp & Nozeman, 1789

Reference
BG-05991/72
Maker
Cornelius Nozeman (Author),M. Houttuyn (Author),J.C. Sepp (Artist)
Date
1789
Region
Asia
Category
Natural History Print
Sheet size
53.5 x 37.0 cm (21.1 x 14.6 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 950

Antique print titled 'Lanius, Excubitor'. The great grey shrike, northern grey shrike, or northern shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae). It forms a superspecies with its parapatric southern relatives, the southern grey shrike (L. meridionalis), the Chinese grey shrike (L. sphenocerus) and the loggerhead shrike (L. ludovicianus). Within the great grey shrike species itself, there are two subspecies. Males and females are similar in plumage, pearly grey above with a black eye-mask and white underparts.

This print originates from 'Nederlandsche Vogelen; volgens hunne huisdouding, aert, en eigenschappen beschreeven", Amsterdam, 1770-1829 by C. Nozeman, M. Houttuyn and J.C. Sepp. This is the most important and first study in the Netherlands of ornithology at that time. The birds are depicted as they are in life, said to be depicted close to life sized and in their environment.

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