Vintage Hippo Poster, Charles Dessalines, Vintage Hippo Art - Vintage Hippo Print

Vintage Hippo Poster by Charles Dessalines circa 1849

Charles Dessalines D’Orbigny, a French naturalist, botanist and geologist, was born in 1706 into a family of naturalists and explorers, the most well known being his older brother Alcide, a noted zoologist and paleontologist. The “Dictionnaire Universel d’Histoire Naturelle”, published in Paris by Renard & Martinet in 1849, was edited by Charles D’Orbigny and is considered one of the best illustrated encylopedias of natural history. It consisted of 3 volumes and contained 288 hand colored engravings.

This is the hippootamus illustrated in that antique book circa 1849.

POSTER & SHIPPING INFORMATION:

This listing is for posters of various sizes, medium 10 x 8 inches, 16 x 12, large 20 x 16, 24 x 18, and giant at 40 x 30 inches. Choose your size :-).

They are perfect for framing and are print quality.

We also do many other posters, calendars, prints and wall art. Check out the listings in our shop. If what you want isn't there let us know and we'll do our
best to accommodate you! We can do custom prints/posters/canvases/wall art.

We also have other vintage posters of presidents, famous people, vintage masterpieces and iconic moments here:This is a uniquely restored enhanced image to get the most wonderful print possible.

All images used have been retouched to remove any major imperfections and then enhanced for digital printing.

The images are of the highest quality and 300 dpi.

The poster would look great on your wall, or as a present, also great for framing.

★ Size of poster is 10 x 8, 16 x 12, 20 x 16, 24 x 18 or 40 x 30. Please choose your size.
★ Beautiful prints, printed on state of the art printers
★ Shipped from the UK for UK customers. We have a distribution center in the UK, mainly using Royal Mail, FEDex or UPS
★ Shipped from the USA for USA customers. We have distribution centers in the USA too, mainly using FEDex, UPS or DHL
★ Shipped from the EU for EU customers. We have a distribution centers Germany, France and other EU states
★ Giant sized 40 x 30, large Vintage Hippo poster 24 x 18, 20 x 16 or just medium 10 x 8 or 16 x 12 inches
★ Digitally enhanced and remastered images
★ Printed on high quality premium matte 170gsm finished paper.


It comes carefully packed, rolled in a cardboard fitted tube for posters above 8 x 12 (A4) size, and flat sturdy cardboard packaging for anything below A4 size.