Background:

These hand colored antique Equestrian prints are from The Naturalist's Library.  Sir William Jardine, who edited the series, commissioned experts throughout Europe to author each of the 40 volumes organized by four major topics - mammals, birds, insects and fish. The volumes included over 1300 hand colored engravings produced by William Lizars (1788-1859), the eminent Scottish engraver and painter of topographical views.

The Equestrian prints include horses, donkeys and the Quagga, a South African plains zebra now extinct.