Audubon Aquatint, Pin Tailed Duck
AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Pin Tailed Duck, Plate 227.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
24 3/4” x 38 3/8” sheet, 31” x 44 1/2” framed.
Comparable: Arader Galleries, 2019 - $16,250; Guernsey's, 2013 - $12,200.
On the water, few birds exhibit more graceful motions than the Pintail Duck. Its delicately slender neck, the beautiful form of its body, and its pointed tail, which it always carries highly raised, distinguish it from the other species with which it may associate. There seems also a kind of natural modesty in it which you do not find in other Ducks, and its notes, which are often heard, are soft and pleasant.
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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Pin Tailed Duck, Plate 227.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
24 3/4” x 38 3/8” sheet, 31” x 44 1/2” framed.
Comparable: Arader Galleries, 2019 - $16,250; Guernsey's, 2013 - $12,200.
On the water, few birds exhibit more graceful motions than the Pintail Duck. Its delicately slender neck, the beautiful form of its body, and its pointed tail, which it always carries highly raised, distinguish it from the other species with which it may associate. There seems also a kind of natural modesty in it which you do not find in other Ducks, and its notes, which are often heard, are soft and pleasant.
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