Black-bellied Darter

Lot 134
17.01.2024 11:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 134 | Black-bellied Darter
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Black-bellied Darter

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.

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