Audubon Aquatint, Fish Hawk or Osprey
AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Fish Hawk or Osprey, Plate 81.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
37 7/8" x 25" sheet, 49 1/2" x 36 1/2" framed.
Comparables: Arader, 2014 - $164,700; Arader, 2019 - $158,750.
Property of an Alabama Gentleman.
"Comparing the great size of this bird, its formidable character, its powerful and protracted flight, and the dexterity with which, although a land bird, it procures its prey from the waters of the ocean, with the very inferior powers of the bird named Kingfisher, I should be tempted to search for a more appropriate appellation than that of Fish-Hawk, and, were I not a member of a republic, might fancy that of Imperial Fisher more applicable to it" - Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831.
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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Fish Hawk or Osprey, Plate 81.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
37 7/8" x 25" sheet, 49 1/2" x 36 1/2" framed.
Comparables: Arader, 2014 - $164,700; Arader, 2019 - $158,750.
Property of an Alabama Gentleman.
"Comparing the great size of this bird, its formidable character, its powerful and protracted flight, and the dexterity with which, although a land bird, it procures its prey from the waters of the ocean, with the very inferior powers of the bird named Kingfisher, I should be tempted to search for a more appropriate appellation than that of Fish-Hawk, and, were I not a member of a republic, might fancy that of Imperial Fisher more applicable to it" - Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831.
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