Audubon, Rock Grous, Plate 368
AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Rock Grous, Plate 368.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
38" x 25 1/4" sheet.
Comparable: Guernsey's, 2012 - $3,050.
"They seldom appear at Bras d'Or until the last of the Wild Geese have passed over, or before the cold has become intense, and the plains deeply covered with snow. While about his house, they repair to the most elevated hilltops, from which the violence of the winds has removed the snow. There they feed on the mosses and lichens attached to the rocks, as well as on the twigs and grasses scantily found in such places at that season. They keep in great packs, and when disturbed are apt to fly to a considerable distance, shifting from one hill to another often half a mile off" (Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831).
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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Rock Grous, Plate 368.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
38" x 25 1/4" sheet.
Comparable: Guernsey's, 2012 - $3,050.
"They seldom appear at Bras d'Or until the last of the Wild Geese have passed over, or before the cold has become intense, and the plains deeply covered with snow. While about his house, they repair to the most elevated hilltops, from which the violence of the winds has removed the snow. There they feed on the mosses and lichens attached to the rocks, as well as on the twigs and grasses scantily found in such places at that season. They keep in great packs, and when disturbed are apt to fly to a considerable distance, shifting from one hill to another often half a mile off" (Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831).
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