Audubon Aquatint, Wild Turkey - Male

AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Wild Turkey - Male, Plate 1.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
38" 26 5/8" sheet, 50" x 37" framed.

Comparables: Arader, 2014 - $207,400; Arader, 2017 - $183,000.

This is the Smartest American Bird to Hunt, Often Leaving their Stalkers Dazed and Confused.

This handsome print of a male Wild Turkey shows the majestic bird standing next to Giant Cane. It is believed that Audubon painted this bird circa 1825 while staying at the plantation of Mrs. Robert Percy near St. Francisville, Louisiana.