GILTWOOD FRAMED JOHN JAMES AUDUBON/ROBERT HAVELL ENGRAVING, PRAIRIE STARLING.John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851), Published London, Robert Havell Jr., 1838. Giltwood framed, of the period engraving with aquatint having original color, depicting the Prairie Starling, Plate CCCCXX, No. 84, from the first edition of Audubon's Birds of America, professionally framed in giltwood moulding with matboard and uv plexiglass. (#31824.2).
'The double-elephant folio edition of Birds of America is John James Audubon's most famous work. Issued in eighty-seven parts of five plates each, the 435-handcolored aquatint engravings illustrated 1,065 birds of 489 different species. The average paper size was 25" x 38" when bound into four immense volumes weighing close to seventy pounds each. Printed on J. Whatman watermarked paper, each sheet also bears a date when the paper was made.' - Sheet size: 37 7/8" high x 25 1/2" wide. Framed: 43 5/8" high x 29 3/8" wide. Estimate $2,000-3,000
Provenance: The Old Print Gallery, Washington, DC.
Good impression and color. No tears, repairs, discoloration. Sheet is watermarked and dated 1838.
