Audubon Aquatint Crested Titmouse
AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Crested Titmouse, Plate 39.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
38 3/8” x 25 3/4” sheet.
Comparable: Christie's, 2004 - $13,145.
"Its flight is short, the bird being seldom seen on the wing long enough to cross a field of moderate extent. It is performed by repeated flaps of the wing, accompanied by jerks of the body and tail, and occasions a rustling noise, as it takes place from one tree to another. It moves along the branches, searches in the chinks, flies to the end of twigs and hangs to them by its feet, whilst the bill is engaged in detaching a beech or hazel nut, an acorn or a chinquapin, upon all of which it feeds, removing them to a large branch, where, having secured them in a crevice, it holds them with both feet, and breaks the shell by repeated blows of its bill." - Audubon's Ornithological Biography.
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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Crested Titmouse, Plate 39.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
38 3/8” x 25 3/4” sheet.
Comparable: Christie's, 2004 - $13,145.
"Its flight is short, the bird being seldom seen on the wing long enough to cross a field of moderate extent. It is performed by repeated flaps of the wing, accompanied by jerks of the body and tail, and occasions a rustling noise, as it takes place from one tree to another. It moves along the branches, searches in the chinks, flies to the end of twigs and hangs to them by its feet, whilst the bill is engaged in detaching a beech or hazel nut, an acorn or a chinquapin, upon all of which it feeds, removing them to a large branch, where, having secured them in a crevice, it holds them with both feet, and breaks the shell by repeated blows of its bill." - Audubon's Ornithological Biography.
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