Audubon Aquatint, Whip-poor-will, Plate 82 - John Vickers Painter' Collection.
AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Whip-poor-will, Plate 82.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
38 3/8” x 25” sheet.
Comparable: Christie's, 2004 - $14,340.
Provenance: John Vickers Painter’s Collection.
"They are clear and loud, ... more interesting than the Nightingale. This taste I have probably acquired, by listening to the Whip-poor-will in parts where Nature exhibited all her lone grandeur..." - (Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831).
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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Whip-poor-will, Plate 82.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
38 3/8” x 25” sheet.
Comparable: Christie's, 2004 - $14,340.
Provenance: John Vickers Painter’s Collection.
"They are clear and loud, ... more interesting than the Nightingale. This taste I have probably acquired, by listening to the Whip-poor-will in parts where Nature exhibited all her lone grandeur..." - (Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831).
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