$375
H 7 in W 10.5 in
Black Rat, Old & Young: A 1st Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century 1st octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph
Lithograph
$250
H 6.63 in W 10.13 in
Hudsonian Godwit 19th C. 1st Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored 1st octavo edition lithograph
Lithograph
$1,875
H 10 in W 6.25 in
Male Whooping Crane: An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored 1st octavo edition lithograph entitled
Lithograph
Mid-19th Century "Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare" Audubon Print
By John James Audubon
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-19th century "Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare" Audubon Print from the 1st Octavo Edition of "The
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H 10.13 in W 6.38 in
Wood Warbler: 19th C. 1st Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored 1st octavo edition lithograph
Lithograph
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H 7 in W 10.5 in
American Wildcat: An 18th C. 1st Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century 1st octavo edition John James Audubon hand colored lithograph
Lithograph
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H 10.25 in W 6.5 in
An Original Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph of Barn Owls
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
A John James Audubon hand-colored 1st octavo edition lithograph entitled "Barn Owl", No. 7, Plate
Lithograph
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H 10.25 in W 6.5 in
Rocky Mountain Flycatcher: Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored 1st octavo edition lithograph
Lithograph
$2,800
H 6.75 in W 10.44 in
Roseate Spoonbill /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Water Bird
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Roseate Spoonbill" (Plate 362, No. 73) Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition Year: 1840-1844 Medium: Or...
Watercolor, Lithograph
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
Oil, Canvas
$2,675
H 6.5 in W 10.13 in
"Bald Eagle", an Original Audubon Hand-colored First Edition Lithograph
By After John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
An original rare and extremely collectible first octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "White-headed Sea Eagle or Bald Eagle", No. 3, Plate ...
Lithograph
$2,175
H 10.13 in W 6.75 in
Canada Goose: an Original 1st Edition Hand Colored Audubon Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This original first edition hand-colored lithograph entitled "Canada Goose" was produced by J. T. Bowen after a drawing by John James Audubon. It was published in Audubon's first oct...
Lithograph
$1,075
H 6.25 in W 10 in
Black-throated Diver: Original 1st Edition Hand Colored Audubon Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
An original rare and extremely collectible first edition John James Audubon hand colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "Black-throated Diver", No. 96, Plate 477, from Audubon's "B...
Lithograph
$875
H 10.5 in W 7 in
Virginian Opossum: An Original Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Virginian Opossum", No. 14, Plate LXVI, 66, from John James Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America, drawn on s...
Lithograph
$3,775
H 23.25 in W 28.38 in D 0.75 in
"Esquimaux Curlew": A Framed Original Audubon Hand-colored Folio Engraving
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original hand-colored folio edition John James Audubon engraving entitled "Esquimaux Curlew", Folio, Pl. CCVIII", No. 42, Plate 208, from Audubon's "Birds of America". It ...
Engraving
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 39.5 in W 26.5 in
American Crow 1858 Chromolithograph by J.J. Audubon Plate, Julius Bien Edition
By John James Audubon
Located in Paonia, CO
American Crow by J.J. Audubon from his Birds of America folio shows an adult male crow in a Black Walnut bush with a nest of a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird in a branch below the cr...
Lithograph
$1,275
H 6.25 in W 10 in
Trumpeter Swan: an Original 1st Edition Hand Colored Audubon Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
An original rare and extremely collectible first edition John James Audubon hand colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "Trumpeter Swan, Young", No. 77, Plate 383, from Audubon's "...
Lithograph
$1,675
H 6.75 in W 10.13 in
"The Jaguar", an Original 19th C. Audubon Hand Colored Quadruped Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This rare original John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo lithograph is entitled "The Jaguar", No. 21, Plate CI, 101 from Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North America". It was drawn ...
Lithograph
$8,500
H 39 in W 26.5 in
Blue Grosbeak original chromolithograph by J.J. Audubon Bien edition 1860
By John James Audubon
Located in Paonia, CO
Blue Grosbeak is an original chromolithograph from the rare Bien edition 1860 by J.J. Audubon and shows a male and female adult Grosbeak with a young Grosbeak perched on the edg...
Lithograph
$2,375
H 6.63 in W 10.13 in
"American Swan", Audubon Hand-colored First Octavo Edition Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original rare and extremely collectible 1st royal octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "American Swan", No. 77, Plate 384, from ...
Lithograph
$375
H 16 in W 12.5 in
Flying Squirrels: An Original Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand colored lithograph entitled "Severn River Flying Squirrel & Rocky Mountain Flying Squirrel", No. 29, Plate CXLIII, 143 from John James Aud...
Lithograph
$3,275
H 33 in W 25.5 in
Blue-eyed Cockatoo: A Framed Original 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by Gould
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed original 19th century hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled “Cacatua Ophthalimica” (Blue-eyed Cockatoo) by John Gould, from the supplement to his "Birds of Au...
Lithograph
Trumpeter Swan. (Young).
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "Birds of North America." First Octavo Edition, by John James Audubon. Plate 383. Philadelphia, J.T. Bowen, ca. 1839-44.
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