Totanus Incanus

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About Totanus Incanus

An exquisitely detailed hand-colored lithograph by Frederick William Frohawk (1861-1946) from the series "Aves Hawaiienses: The Birds of the Sandwich Islands" by Scott B. Wilson and A.H. Evans. This series was published in London by R.H. Porter in 1890-99. This print measures 10"x12.25" Frohawk was born in Norfolk, the youngest son of Francis William Frohawk. His career was spent creating paintings for private commissions, for periodicals and books, and his talents were diverse, he worked in oils, watercolors, lithography and wood engraving. Birds and insects were his two main interests in life and his drawings and paintings were largely devoted to these two subjects. Frohawk became a member of the British Ornithologists' Union in 1895 and a Fellow of the Entomological Society in 1891 (electing him a Special Life Fellow in 1926). During his long career, over 1,000 of his drawings were reproduced in books about birds. In addition, he provided illustrations for the Field Magazine (1881 onward), the Encyclopedia Britannica (illustrations of birds and reptiles), the British Museum Catalogue of Fishes and Proceedings of the Zoological Society. 80 of the artist?s original watercolors of birds are in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London. Overall this print is in very good condition with some light foxing and staining.