Audubon Aquatint, Hermit Thrush

AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Hermit Thrush, Plate 58.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
39 3/4" x 27" sheet.

Comparables: Arader Galleries, 2022 - $2,280; Christie's, 1987 - $1,760.

Provenance: John Vickers Painter's Deckled Collection, with full uncut margins.

"This, kind reader, is another constant resident in the Southern States, more especially those of Mississippi and Louisiana, where it abounds during the winter months, and is found in considerable numbers during spring and summer. In the lower parts of Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee, it is also observed during spring and summer; but it becomes scarcer as you advance towards the Middle Districts, where a few are occasionally seen about the low woodlands of the Atlantic shores" - (Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831).