Audubon Aquatint, Bewick
AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Bewick's Wren, Plate 18.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
38 5/8" x 25 1/2" sheet.
Provenance: John Vickers Painter Collection.
Comparable: Guernsey's, 2014 - $2,000; Arader Galleries, 2014 - $1,708.
"It occasionally hopped sidewise, now with its head towards me, and again in the contrary direction, at times descending to the ground, to inspect the lower bar, but only for a few moments. At other times, it would fly to a peach or apple-tree close to the fence, ascend to its top branches, always with hopping movements and, as if about to sing, would for an instant raise its head, and lower its tail, but without giving utterance to any musical notes" (Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831).
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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Bewick's Wren, Plate 18.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
38 5/8" x 25 1/2" sheet.
Provenance: John Vickers Painter Collection.
Comparable: Guernsey's, 2014 - $2,000; Arader Galleries, 2014 - $1,708.
"It occasionally hopped sidewise, now with its head towards me, and again in the contrary direction, at times descending to the ground, to inspect the lower bar, but only for a few moments. At other times, it would fly to a peach or apple-tree close to the fence, ascend to its top branches, always with hopping movements and, as if about to sing, would for an instant raise its head, and lower its tail, but without giving utterance to any musical notes" (Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831).
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