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THIS IS AN ANTIQUE ENGRAVING BY A WOMAN ENGRAVER. THE FULL HISTORY OF THIS WORK HAS NOT BEEN EPLORED. IT IS AN ORIGINAL COPPER PLATE ENGRAVING BY GRIFFITH FROM WORK BY EDWARDS.c1811 Crested Black Vulture after the fwork of George Edwards done by Mrs. GriffithDouble Matted and framed ina wood frameGriffith was recognized as a talented female engraverProbably a copper plate method due to era of production.Framed size 11\" x 13\"
Who was Mrs. Griffith? She was an engraver but so far we only know her as \"Mrs. Griffith\" and she apparently was engraving about 1811....According to the net \" Original copperplate engraving c1811 (later hand-colour), drawn and engraved by M. Griffith for General Zoology, or, Systematic Natural History, by George Shaw, M.D.F.R.S.&c. \"Plates from the first Authorities and most select specimens\" were Principally by Mrs. Griffith. Published by George Kearsley, Fleet Street, London between 1800 and 1825. Shaw was a prolific publisher of natural history subjects, compiled from the discoveries of explorers and naturalists around the world - particularly from the new discoveries in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, supplemented by the natural history collections of the British Museum.\"
