Audubon Aquatint, Great White Heron - With a View of FL
AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Great White Heron, Plate 281.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
25 7/8" x 38" sheet, 37 1/8" x 49 1/2" framed.
Comparables: Arader, 2014 - $87,840; Guernsey's, 2014 - $87,500.
Property of an Alabama Gentleman.
With a View of Key-west, Florida.
One of the Three Audubon birds that Hung in the Reagan White House. He loved images depicting cities in the background.
"I am now about to present you with an account of the habits of the largest species of the Heron tribe hitherto found in the United States, and which is indeed remarkable not only for its great size, but also for the pure white of its plumage at every period of its life. Writers who have subdivided the family, and stated that none of the true Herons are white, will doubtless be startled when they, for the first time, look at my plate of this bird." - Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831.
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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Great White Heron, Plate 281.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
25 7/8" x 38" sheet, 37 1/8" x 49 1/2" framed.
Comparables: Arader, 2014 - $87,840; Guernsey's, 2014 - $87,500.
Property of an Alabama Gentleman.
With a View of Key-west, Florida.
One of the Three Audubon birds that Hung in the Reagan White House. He loved images depicting cities in the background.
"I am now about to present you with an account of the habits of the largest species of the Heron tribe hitherto found in the United States, and which is indeed remarkable not only for its great size, but also for the pure white of its plumage at every period of its life. Writers who have subdivided the family, and stated that none of the true Herons are white, will doubtless be startled when they, for the first time, look at my plate of this bird." - Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831.
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