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John James Audubon
Pectoral Sandpiper /// Ornithology Bird John James Audubon Ocean Beach Shore Art
1840-1844

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Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Pectoral Sandpiper" (Plate 329, No. 66) Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition Year: 1840-1844 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper Limited edition: approx. 1,200 Printer: John T. Bowen, Philadelphia, PA Publisher: John James Audubon and J.B. Chevalier, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA Sheet size: 6.38" x 10.25" Image size: 3.38" x 7" Condition: Faint UV staining and a few minor surface marks. In otherwise very good condition with strong colors and full margins Notes: Provenance: private collection - Santa Fe, NM. Lithography and hand-coloring by American artist John T. Bowen (1801-c.1856). Comes from Audubon's famous seven volume portfolio "The Birds of America", First Royal Octavo Edition (1840-1844), which consists of 500 hand-colored lithographs. Comes with its original accompanying text page. Based on a composition probably painted at Dennisville, Maine, August, 1832. "This sandpiper is not uncommon along the shores of our Eastern States in autumn and winter." The pectoral sandpiper is a small, migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania. It eats small invertebrates. Its nest, a hole scraped in the ground and with a thick lining, is deep enough to protect its four eggs from the cool breezes of its breeding grounds. To make 'The Birds of America' more affordable and widely available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a smaller version of the folio which was printed and hand-colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced in size, rendered in intermediate drawings by John James Audubon and his son John Woodhouse, and then drawn onto lithographic stones. These miniatures exhibit a remarkable amount of attention to quality and detail, as well as a meticulous fidelity to the larger works. Some compositional changes were made in order to accommodate the smaller format. Like the Havell edition, John James Audubon’s first octavo edition was sold by subscription and distributed in parts, five at a time. However, the octavo editions were issued in proper phylogenic, or species order. These prints also bear the plate number in the upper right-hand corner and the subscription number in the upper left. The first edition of approximately 1,200 sets was completed in five years from 1839 to 1844. A total of 500 images comprise the First Royal Octavo Edition. Biography: John James Audubon (April 26, 1785, Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue (later Haiti) – January 27, 1851 (aged 65) Manhattan, New York, U.S.), born Jean-Jacques Audubon, was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major work, a color-plate book entitled The Birds of America (1827–1839), is considered one of the finest ornithological works ever completed. Audubon identified 25 new species.

Creator:
John James Audubon (1785-1851, American, French)
Creation Year:
1840-1844
Dimensions:
Height: 6.38 in (16.21 cm)Width: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)
Medium:
Lithograph,Watercolor
Movement & Style:
Victorian
Period:
1840-1849
Condition:
(Very Good).
Gallery Location:
Saint Augustine, FL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU121210172132

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