John James Audubon

Common or Arctic Puffin

1839-44

Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "The Quadrupeds of North America. Octavo Edition" by John James Audubon. Plate LXI. Phil...

Plate CCCLXVI, Iceland or Gyr Falcon, posthumous reproduction after John James Audubon from The Birds of America, the Amsterdam Edition, printed in Amsterdam, 1971-73. Original multicolored photo-offset print. "G Schut and Zonen" watermark at lower edge of paper. A facsimile from the double-elephant folio...

Plate CCCI, Canvas Backed Duck, posthumous reproduction after John James Audubon from The Birds of America, the Amsterdam Edition, printed in Amsterdam, 1971-73. Original multicolored photo-offset print. "G Schut and Zonen" watermark at lower edge of paper. A facsimile from the double-elephant folio...

Plate CCVI, Summer or Wood Duck, posthumous reproduction after John James Audubon from The Birds of America, the Amsterdam Edition, printed in Amsterdam, 1971-73. Original multicolor...

Atlantic Puffin & Tufted Puffin – Antique hand-coloured lithograph, c.1828 A finely hand-coloured lithograph from the early 19th century showing two striking seabirds: the Atlantic ...

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Tropic Bird" (Plate CCLXII - 262; part No. 53) Portfolio: The Birds of America, Havell Edition Year: 1835 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Engraving with Aquatint on double-elephant folio, J. Whatman paper Limited edition: approx. 180 Printer: Robert Havell Jr., London, England Publisher: John James Audubon, London, England Framing: Not framed, but matted in a handmade custom French matting Matted size: 30" x 38.75" Sheet size: 25.5" x 36" Platemark size: 20.75" x 30.25" Image size: 18.5" x 27.75" Condition: A few tiny foxmarks. In excellent condition with clean paper and strong colors Rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - New York, NY. Engraved, printed, and hand-colored by English artist Robert Havell Jr. (1793-1878). Comes from Audubon's monumental book volume "The Birds of America", (Havell Edition, 1827-1838), which consists of 435 hand-colored, life-size prints, made from engraved plates, with each sheet originally measuring around 39" x 26". "J. Whatman 1835" watermark upper right. Based on a composition painted between 1832 and 1835. Audubon sailed the entire length of Florida, around the Keys and as far as the Dry Tortugas, from which, on another occasion, "The specimens - in the plate were taken - by my kind friend Robert Day, Esq. of the United States Revenue Cutter...

Alca arctica – Antique Atlantic Puffin Print by Nozeman & Sepp, 1809 This antique hand-coloured engraving depicts the Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), known in Dutch as the “pa...

Alca Torda (Razorbill) - John Gould lithograph with hand-coloured size 54 cm X 36 cm Good Condition FREE SHIPPING This remarkable ornithology l...