"Columbia Jay," actually Black-throated Magpie Jay

Lot 113
26.05.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 113 | "Columbia Jay," actually Black-throated Magpie Jay
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$ 20 000 – 30 000
"Columbia Jay," actually Black-throated Magpie JayJohn James Audubon, 1830AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (1785-1851), after. – HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878). Columbia Jay (Plate 96)Garrulus UltramarinusVariant 1. "The skins from which Audubon painted these birds were given him by a correspondent who said they had been collected on the Columbia River in Oregon. This could not have been true. The species is Mexican. The only sighting in the United States was a bird in an Arizona feeder, which the American Ornithologists' Union says was an escape. Although it doesn't belong in The Birds of America, it is a pleasure to have it because it is so beautiful" (Low p. 84). The current name of this species is the Black-throated Magpie Jay.Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, dated 1830, with narrow margins. Plate size 940 x 638 mm (952 x 646 mm sheet). (Part and plate numbering effaced at top, very slight mat shadow, couple of stray spots. hinged to mat board at top and bottom.) Matted and framed.
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