Antique print, hand coloured engraving from 1834. Titled, Japanese Green Pheasant, Phasianus versicolor. This print is Plate 14. Phasianus versicolor, or Japanese green pheasant, is native to Japan. Males display glossy green plumage; females are smaller with mottled brown feathers. The print was published as part of the Naturalist Library by Sir William Jardine, published by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh. The prints are approximately 10 by 17 cm’s ( 4 1/4 by 6 3/4 inches). The print is in very good condition, paper will show ageing, print is to edge of page, some perforations and creasing left edge, please see pictures.
