This is an original hand coloured engraving for Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (1802 - 1857) who was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology. He is best known for his compilation of some of the finest natural history prints ever produced, Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle. The drawings the prints were engraved from were by the leading French natural history artists of the time, such as Travies, Blanchard, Oudart, Pretre and Maubert. In fine condition.Matted ready for framing. Paper size 240 x 150 mm aprox.