Litho Print?

Hi, does anyone Recognize this? Is it a print? A Litho? Should I take it out of frame?
TIA

 

As garish as the colors may seem in these modern repros, it is accurate for how the Amherst males look, as though done with a kid's paint box. OP colors are very muted.

 

Your print appears to be a later reproduction of a hand colored lithograph originally published as a plate in Daniel Giraud Elliot's 1872 book: A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants. Here is an example of the original, offered by Donald A. Heald, Rare Books, Prints and Maps:

https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/b...f/thaumalea-amherstiae-lady-amhersts-pheasant

You can see that the text and typeface at the bottom of the original is different from your copy.

Yours appears similar (though somewhat faded) to a reproduction listed on liveauctioneers.com, published by H.S. Crocker Co.:
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/16470636_lithograph-thaumalea-amherstiae

Your photograph is not detailed enough to determine whether yours is reproduced by lithography or some other type of print method.

 

OP's is the print I prefer. I think it is rather nifty and wouldn't take it out of the frame. Some great info from the brains trust, as usual.

 

Tbh I think the print looks pretty old, it's faded and some discoloration also

 

Not sure I tried to get closer pics

 

Sorry, you really need to look at it under magnification to see the distinguishing characteristics of print methods. If you have a magnifying glass or loop, you can look at it closely. If you see any kind of regular dot or matrix pattern in the image, it would be a type of photomechanical reproduction. A lithograph printed directly from the artist's stone may have a pattern caused by the grain of the stone, but the ink will appear as tiny irregular islands. If it is then hand colored, it will look like watercolor applied with a brush. Your print might be a "chromolithograph", or a later "color separation" technique.
This is a useful introduction:
http://chicagoantiquesguide.com/archives/20060216135609.php

 

Should I take it out of glass to do this?

 

You may not need to. Just try looking with whatever magnifier you have.

 

They look like dots, but not pronounced dots if that makes sense

 

It is most probably what is called a halftone/color separation print, so not a true lithograph. You can find an explanation of the process here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halftone

 

Ty for all your help.. do you think if I would take to my local art center they would be able to tell? I would hate to let it go if it possibly is something good.