ID 1119199
Lot 134 | Black-bellied Darter
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
John James Audubon, 1836
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851), after. – HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878).
Black-bellied Darter (Plate CCCXVI)
Plotus Anhinga
Depicts a male and female anhinga on a tree stump in a bayou setting, with more anhinga, both perched and swimming, in the background. Audubon's original painting of this subject is dated from New Orleans, 1822. Low, p. 165.
Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, dated 1836, on watermarked J Whatman paper dated 1836. Sheet size 955 x 635 mm. (Plate numbers at top obscured by the matting, right margin with a few edge tears.) Matted and framed.
| Artist: | John James Audubon (1785 - 1851) |
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| Applied technique: | Mezzotints |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Artist: | John James Audubon (1785 - 1851) |
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| Applied technique: | Mezzotints |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Address of auction |
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