GILTWOOD FRAMED JOHN JAMES AUDUBON/ROBERT HAVELL NUTTALL'S STARLING, YELLOW HEADED TROOPIAL AND BULLOCK'S ORIOLE.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 Nuttalls' Starling, Yellow-headed Troopial and Bullocks' Oriole, Plate CCCLXXXVIII, No. 78, from the first edition of Audubon's Birds of America, professionally framed in giltwood moulding with matboard and uv plexiglass (#44632.2).
'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: 38 1/4" high x 25" 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. G Archivally framed with matboard and uv plexiglass.
