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John James AudubonWhite-headed Sea Eagle, or Bald Eagle (with Catfish) /// Bird John James Audubon1840-1844
1840-1844
About the Item
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "White-headed Sea Eagle, or Bald Eagle (with Catfish)" (Plate 14, No. 3)
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
Framing: Recently framed beautifully in an ornate black and gold moulding with blue fabric matting from Holland and Artglass
Framed size: 16.75" x 20"
Sheet size: 6.75" x 10.25"
Image size: 4.5" x 7.25"
Condition: Some minor offsetting to sheet and some light toning in margins. In otherwise very good condition with strong colors
Rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Seattle, WA; acquired from Lowry-James, Langley, WA retaining their original gallery label on verso from previous framing. 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.
Based on a composition painted in 1820 on the Mississippi River near Little Prairie, Missouri. The bird was shown feeding on a Canada goose. In 1828 Audubon transcribed the drawing in England, replacing the goose with a catfish. "The figure of this noble bird is well known throughout the civilized world, emblazoned as it is on our national standard, which waves in the breeze of every clime, bearing to distant lands the remembrance of a great people living in a state of peaceful freedom."
The bald eagle is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle. Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico.
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: 16.75 in (42.55 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)
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- Condition:(Very Good).
- Gallery Location:Saint Augustine, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU12129377342
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