Antilope gnu, Antilope picta: Brodtmann c. 1824

Image] Product ID: 001233 From Naturhistorische Bilder Gallerie aus dem Theirreiche (Natural History Picture Gallery of the Animal Kingdom) Hand-colored lithograph of two antelope species by Karl Joseph Brodtmann (1787-1862), one of the most accomplished lithographers of the early-nineteenth century. Born in the city of Überlingen near the German-Swiss border, Brodtmann worked for much of his career in Zurich and Schaffhausen, Switzerland. He produced numerous hand-colored volumes of images related to natural history which served as instructional resources for bio- and zoologists. Brodtmann's lithographs also became sought-after collectibles for the aristocracy, a fact which attests to both the great beauty as well as the scientific accuracy of his work.