Green Heron

Lot 119
26.05.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 752868
Lot 119 | Green Heron
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$ 20 000 – 30 000
Green HeronJohn James Audubon, 1836AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851), after. – HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878).Green Heron (Plate CCCXXXIII) Ardea Virescens"Probably painted in the early 1820s ... [plate 333] depicts an adult bird in the foreground, with a young bird nearby reaching for a Luna Moth. They are in the midst of some vegetation by a little pool" (Low, p. 170). Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, dated 1836, on watermarked J Whatman paper dated 1836, with margins. Plate size 524 x 556 mm (638 x 865 mm sheet). (Hard vertical crease 2 cm from right edge, some very pale toning to right margin and a few trivial spots). Matted and framed.
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