Audubon Aquatint, Prairie Titlark
AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Anthus Hypogaeus or Prairie Titlark, Plate 80.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
25 1/2" x 38 5/8" sheet.
Comparable: Neal Auction Co., 2011 - $2,629; Christie's, 9/14/1987 - $2,090.
The flight of the Prairie Titlark is irregular, and performed by jerks, although greatly protracted, when the bird is pursued or frightened. At short intervals these birds plunged through the air, came towards the ground, and flew close over the prairie, as if about to alight, and again rising, made a large circuit. In this manner they continued all the time I saw them on wing. Whilst on the ground they ran briskly, vibrating their tail, whenever they stopped, and picking up the insects near them.
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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Anthus Hypogaeus or Prairie Titlark, Plate 80.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
25 1/2" x 38 5/8" sheet.
Comparable: Neal Auction Co., 2011 - $2,629; Christie's, 9/14/1987 - $2,090.
The flight of the Prairie Titlark is irregular, and performed by jerks, although greatly protracted, when the bird is pursued or frightened. At short intervals these birds plunged through the air, came towards the ground, and flew close over the prairie, as if about to alight, and again rising, made a large circuit. In this manner they continued all the time I saw them on wing. Whilst on the ground they ran briskly, vibrating their tail, whenever they stopped, and picking up the insects near them.
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