Songbirds, Perching & Feeder Types

Posted byAnne Hall

Our song-birds & perching types of Passerines, are antiques. They are 18th & 19th Century, antique ornithology lithographs, & engravings. Authored by Francois Martinet, John Gould, Jacob Studer, and Reverend F.O. Morris. We have decorative antique prints: wrens, warblers, blue jays, robins, doves, titmice, finches & woodpeckers. Even crows & ravens.

Decorative antique song bird engravings & lithographs over 100 years old.
Antique prints lithographs & engravings sourced from very old Ornithology books.
Antique lithographs hand colored engravings of Passerines or bird feeder types.

John Gould Song-Birds: Original Antique Lithographs, of Perching Birds & Passerines

John Gould had a passion for Ornithology!  As a result, he collaborated and directed, world class works on birds. All of his work dates from 1832-1888. Therefore, all of the antiques you are viewing are about 150 years old. Gould’s birds had to be completed by his associates, because he passed in 1888. His work issued by subscription in parts, as they published in London England during the mid-19th century. 

Below is a selection of John Gould original hand water colored lithographs of Passerines.  Each illustration is in excellent condition with bright and original with 19th century watercolors.   Since these antique lithographs are first editions, the measurements are 14×22.” Call Anne at 413-245-4197 to place your order. Click here to contact us.

two-barred crossbill finch
Crossbills 2 $650.
Woodpeckers Picus major
Woodpeckers with nest $1200.
white winged two barred crossbill
Crossbills 1 $650.
redbreast Erithacus rubecula
Robins with nest, call for availability $3500.
House Martin Swifts in flight
Swifts in flight $1200.
John Gould Watercolor Lithograph
Blackbirds with nest $1400.
watercolor lithograph nuthatch nest
Nuthatches with nest $1200.
English Dartford Warbler Forsythia
Warblers with Forsythia $850.
Singing Rock Thrush with nest
Rock Thrush with nest $1400.
Antique Woodpeckers Lithograph
Woodpeckers 1 $900.
Long Tailed Titmice Nest
Long Tailed Tit with nest $1200.
swallow martin apus
Swifts on tree $300.
black white thrushes
Thrush $450.
Bohemian Cedar Waxwing Bird Nest
Waxwings with nest $1600.
European Blue Jay Lithograph
European Jay $600.
little scops ears owl
Owlets catching a butterfly $650.

Song Birds: Framed Woodpeckers, by Francois Martinet, & Compte de Buffon, 1770-1783

Extraordinary, framed antique prints of passerines. 18th century hand-colored engravings, of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker, and other songbirds by Francois Martinet. The plates are sourced from 18th century books, entitled Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. The books published Paris, France 1770-1783. Francois Martinet worked for George Leclerc Compte de Buffon. Together they published these rare ornithology prints with a staff of 70, over a period of 13 years.  The later, Buffon, was in charge of the King of France’s Royal Collections of a scientific nature.

Each of these woodpeckers are antique prints which published Paris France 1770-1783. A copper plate engraving was specially crafted and printed onto a hand-made hand-laid paper.  The watercolor illumination, was added at the time of publication.

Anne framed them in gloss burlwood molding, using high end archival materials.  Archival double matting is crème on crème, with just the slightest hint of a butter tint. Each piece measures 17 x 20.”  Call Anne at 413-245-4197 or email Anne:  anne@annehallantiqueprints.com

Extraordinary set of framed 18th century hand-colored engravings of Woodpeckers by Martinet.
Ivory Billed Woodpecker Framed Martinet & Buffon French hand colored copper plate engraving from 1770-1783. $1600.
Song Birds Martinet Woodpecker $1200.
rare antique prints from the 18th century, framed set of woodpecker engravings.
Song Birds Martinet Woodpecker717
Martinet & Buffon French hand colored copper plate engraving from 1770-1783. $1400.
Martinet Woodpecker Engraving Piclachete $1000.
Song Birds Martinet Woodpecker754 $850.
Martinet Framed Woodpecker plate196 $1000.
Song Birds Martinet
Woodpecker785 $750.
Pic de Virgine Martinet 117. $1200.

John Gould Antique Lithographs, of Perching Birds or Passerines

John Gould Passerines.  As a result of Gould’s passion for Ornithology, he produced world class works on birds from 1832-1888.  Spanning 56 years, Gould’s work on birds had to be completed by his associates.  Issued in parts and sold by subscription. Published in London, England. 

The following is a selection of John Gould original hand watercolor lithographs are over 100 years old.  Each illustration is in excellent with bright and original watercolors. Each piece measures 14×22.” Call Anne at 413-245-4197 to place your order or Click here to contact us.  

Gould Song Birds Turdus Iliacus
Gould Song Birds Turdus Iliacus $500
Gould Song Birds Ruticilla Phoenicura
Gould Song Birds Ruticilla Phoenicura $350.
John Gould Rock Thrush hand colored lithograph
Gould Song Birds Petrocincla Saxatilis Rock Thrush $1400.
Gould Song Birds Passer Montanus
Gould Song Birds Passer Montanus $250.
Gould Song Birds Cypselus Apus
Gould Song Birds Cypselus Apus $300.
John Gould Red Breasted Flycatcher
Gould Song Birds Erythrosterna Parva Red Breasted $500.
Gould Song Birds Crithophaga Miliaria
Gould Song Birds Crithophaga Miliaria $300.
Gould Song Birds Alauda Arborea
Gould Song Birds Alauda Arborea $200.
Gould Song Birds Linota Montium
Gould Song Birds Linota Montium $300.
Gould Song Birds Cyanecula Suecica
Gould Song Birds Cyanecula Suecica $300.
Gould Song Birds Pratincola Rubetra $300.
Gould Song Birds Cyanecula Leucocyana
Gould Song Birds Cyanecula Leucocyana $500.
Gould Song Birds Ruticilla Tithys $200.
Gould Song Birds Montifringilla Adamsi
Gould Song Birds Montifringilla Adamsi $200.

John Selby,19th Century Engravings, Life-Sized Crow & Raven

This beautiful pair of early 19th Century water colored engravings was published in England by John Prideaux Selby from 1817-1834 on water marked J. Whatman paper.  Selby Raven Hand Colored Engraving & Selby Carrion Crow Engraving. Each piece measures 19 1/2 x 23 1/2.” Valued at $3500. for the pair.

19th century watercolor crow
Selby Carrion Crow Engraving
19th century watercolor raven
Selby Raven Hand Colored Engraving

Framed Pair: Raven & Crow Antique Engravings

1890 English water-colored wood engravings by Reverend F.O. Morris.  Each piece measures 12×15″ are ready to hang and have archival framing by Anne. $425. for the pair with free U.S. shipping. Call 413-245-4197 to place your order.

Raven 1890 English hand colored engraving. Framed.
Crow 1890 English hand colored engraving, framed.

Francois Martinet: Antique Engravings, from Histoire Naturelle des  Oiseaux 1770-1783

Hand colored engravings sourced from Histoire Naturelle.

The famous French Ornithologist Francois Martinet had an intense interest in birds in the 18th Century.  Consequently Martinet produced one of the finest works the French ever published on Birds.  He employed a staff of 70 people.  Still the work took some 13 years, from 1770-1783 to complete. These are watercolor copper plate engravings on heavy laid rag paper.

These decorative antique prints have bright watercolors. Each piece is in near perfect condition. Enhance your home’s décor and frame a grouping. Anne can offer reasonable professional framing using archival products. Call her at 413-245-4197 to discuss your project.  Each old engraving measures: paper measures 8 3/4 x 12″ with a platemark of 8×10″. Call 413-245-4197 to place your order. You can pay the invoice via secure server or  Click here to contact us.

Martinet Traquets des Phillipines Plate235 Unavailable
Martinet Songbirds titmice engraving 502
Martinet Songbirds Thrush Mauvis Plate51
Martinet Songbirds Provence Plate 658 $150.
Martinet Songbirds Plate 678 Wheatear $150.
Martinet songbirds olive creepers Madagascar 575 $200.
Martinet Songbirds Louisiana Wrens Roitelet 730 $225.
Martinet Songbirds Fauvettes Plate 581 $150.
Martinet Songbirds Fauvettes Plate 580 $125.
Martinet Songbirds European Starling Plate 75 $250.
Martinet Songbirds European Robins 361 $300.
Martinet songbirds engraving creepers 246 Unavailable
Martinet Songbirds Engraving 618 Moustache $150.
Martinet Songbirds Dove Tourterelle Plate 394 $250.
Martinet Songbirds Carolina plate 58 $250.
Martinet Songbirds Carolina Mississippi 731 $250.
Martinet Songbirds Canadian Dove Tourterelle $250.
Martinet Songbirds Canadian Blue Jay $450.
Martinet Songbirds Brazilian Sparrows Morineau 291 $200.
Martinet songbirds Brazilian green creepers 578 $250.
Martinet Songbirds Blue Pipits Plate 669 $275.
Martinet
songbirds Biset rock pigeon $225.
Martinet
songbirds Biset pigeon engraving $125.
Martinet Songbirds Antwrens Verdin 643 $200.
Martinet Songbirds American Nuthatch Plate 623 $300.
Martinet Songbirds 18th Century Engravings 686 $150.
Martinet songbirds 18th century engraving 582 $125.
Martinet Songbirds 3 Mesanges Blue Titmice $300.
Martinet song birds plate 685 $125.
Martinet Shrikes Pie-Grieche Ecorcheur Plate 31 $175.
Martinet Rossignol Muraille Wall Nightingale $150.
Martinet Pitte-chou Bouscarde Provence $150.
Martinet Louisiana Spotted Warblers Fauvettes 709 $225.
Martinet ground doves birds engraving 243 $150.
This amazing bird is named Martinet. He can fly nonstop for 6 months landing to nest as represented in this 18th century engraving.
Martinet Grand Petit 18th Century Bird Engraving $250.
Martinet Garrulus glandarius or European Jay
Martinet Garrulus glandarius European Jay $200.
Martinet Cayenne green spotted creepers 682 $150.
Martinet Blue Throat Robins Plate 610 $250.
Martinet birds Philipines creepers 576 Unavailable
Martinet birds 83 long tailed creeper $225.
Martinet bird engraving Tourterelle a collier
Martinet bird engraving 372 Grunpereau creepers
Martinet 175 Tourterelle Caroline $250.
Francois Martinet 18th century antique prints of songbirds have a gold frame around the bird and an engraved signature if the engraving was approved by the author.
Francois Martinet 18th century antique prints of songbirds have a gold frame around the bird and an engraved signature if the engraving was approved by the author himself.
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Martinet Songbird 8420 $125.
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Martinet Song Bird 8427 $125.
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Martinet Song bird 8428 $125.
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Martinet Song bird 8433 $225.
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Martinet Songbird 8434 $300.
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Martinet Song bird 8435 $300.
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Martinet Songbird 8429 $175.
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Martinet Song bird 8415 $$125.
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Martinet Song bird 8416 $125.
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Martinet Song bird 8417 $125.
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Martinet Song bird 8430 $125.
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Martinet Song bird 8431 $125.
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Martinet Song bird 8426 $250.
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Martinet Song bird 8432 $125.
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Martinet Song bird 8424 $250.
Martinet Song Bird Engraved Print from 1770-1783 250. 8404
Martinet Song Bird Engraved Print from 1770-1783 Call for additional options.
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Martinet Song bird 8425 $175.
Martinet Song Bird Engraved Print from 1770-1783 250. 8405
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Martinet Song bird 8418 $250.
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Martinet Song bird 8419 $200.
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Martinet Song bird 8421 $150.
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Martinet Song bird 8423 $150.
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Martinet Song bird 8422 $225.

Decorative Set of Three Framed, John Gould Lithographs, Magpies from Birds of Asia

A set of three John Gould antique lithographs sourced from Birds of Asia c.1860. Beautiful 3″ wide gold leaf over red paint picture frames complement the blue in the magpies in the antique prints. Professional picture framing using archival materials.  Each piece measures 30×36″. Call 413-245-4197 to speak with Anne.

Exquisite set of three framed antique lithographs by John Gould, c.1860.
Exquisite framed Gould lithographs, tropical Birds of Asia.
Set of three John Gould song birds. Decorative blue colored birds with long tails.

Reverend F.O. Morris, Song-Birds or Passerines: Hand-Colored Engravings from 1890

This is the work of Reverend F.O. Morris.  These old engravings are of perching birds or passerines from 1890. They are English hand colored wood engravings.  A “birder”  Reverend and his congregation, collected the specimens, and created this encyclopedic collection about Ornithology. Measurements: 6×9″, and will mat up to @ 9×12″ or 11×14.”  Available and priced at $45.-$75. each. Click here to contact us.

Morris Bird Antique Print from 1890 $45.
Morris Bird Antique Print from 1890 $75.
Morris Bird Antique Print from 1890 $60.
Morris Bird Antique Print from 1890 $60.
Morris Bird Antique Print from 1890 $75.
Morris Bird Antique Print from 1890 $75.
Morris Bird Antique Print from 1890 $75.
Morris Bird Antique Print from 1890 $45.
Morris Bird Antique Print from 1890 $60.
Morris Bird Antique Bird Print from 1890 9989
Morris Bird Antique Bird Print from 1890 9989 $75.
Morris Bird Antique Bird Print from 1890 9990 $75.
Morris Bird Antique Bird Print from 1890 9991 $75.

Woodpeckers: Charming Hand-Colored Engravings from 1890

These are antique woodpecker prints by F.O. Morris from 1890.  Each is an English water colored engraving.  It’s one of my favorite birds at my bird feeder…  Each antique print is over 100 years old and measures about 6×9″  and will frame up perfectly to 9×12″ or 11×14.” Click here to contact us.

F.O. Morris Woodpecker Print $75.
F.O. Morris Woodpecker Print from 1890. $75.
F.O. Morris Woodpecker Engraving from 1890. $75.

Jacob Studer’s Birds of North America, Antique Lithographs

Jacob Studer’s Birds of North America was published in Philadelphia, 1865-1885. These are lovely old chromolithographs of birds we would love to see… Bird Feeder Types including pileated woodpeckers.   We even have the IVORY BILLED WOODPECKER.  Please contact me, I have all of the plates Jacob Studer published, available.  Click here to contact us.

Ivory Billed Woodpecker c.1865 American Chromolithograph. #9982
Ivory Billed Woodpecker published by Jacob Studer c.1865 American Chromolithograph $150.
American Cardinals c. 1865 Studer #9983 100.
Jacob Studer North American Cardinals. c.1865 Studer $75.
Pileated Woodpecker by Studer 9984 100.
Pileated Woodpecker by Studer $125.

North American Baltimore Oriole by Prang

A Lovely American Chromolithograph published 1885 in New York by the father of American lithography: Louis Prang. Striking intense colors used in the obsolete printing method.  Good registration and excellent condition. 9×11 $125. Call to order 413-245-4197.

Baltimore Oriole by Prang 1885. 9980

Passerines are Perching & Feeder Types of Birds

All of our antique lithographs, and hand-colored engravings, published pre-1900. We have decorative antique prints of robins, finches, woodpeckers, titmice, thrushes and other pretty little birds. Some are even framed professionally. Folio John Gould hand-colored lithographs date 1832-1888.

A special focus of ours is antique prints of songbirds (Passerines) that published from 1640-1900. Pretty birds you might see at the bird feeder and other perching types.  Antique hand-colored lithographs and engravings of woodpeckers, thrush, titmice, sparrows and finches.  Ornithologists include John Prideaux Selby, Francois Martinet, John Gould, F.O. Morris, and Jacob Studer.

Contact Anne by Phone: 413-245-4197 or Email: anne@annehallantiqueprints.com

See the pileated woodpecker footage that Anne Hall took.

I live to see wildlife and have been fortunate enough to catch some great footage on film including these woodpeckers. The video is of two pileated woodpeckers courting one another.  It went on nearly an hour and caught our interest forever. Duration: 5 minutes long. Please give it a thumbs up. Thanks for learning more about these incredible woodland birds.

Want to learn more about songbirds? Then you should see this: Online bird guide, bird ID help, life history, bird sounds from Cornell All About Birds

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