Audubon Aquatint Engraving, Wood Ibis, Plate 216
Wood Ibiss, Plate 216. John James Audubon (1785-1851). First Edition Engravings with Original Hand Color. London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. 39 1/2 x 26 inches sheet, 49 1/2 x 37 inches framed. Guidance: Mid-Hudson, 2015 - $136,640. - “As soon as they have discovered a place abounding in fish, they dance as it were all through it, until the water becomes thick with mud stirred from the bottom by their feet.”
- Audubon’s Ornithological Biography, 1831
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Wood Ibiss, Plate 216. John James Audubon (1785-1851). First Edition Engravings with Original Hand Color. London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. 39 1/2 x 26 inches sheet, 49 1/2 x 37 inches framed. Guidance: Mid-Hudson, 2015 - $136,640. - “As soon as they have discovered a place abounding in fish, they dance as it were all through it, until the water becomes thick with mud stirred from the bottom by their feet.”
- Audubon’s Ornithological Biography, 1831