Audubon Aquatint, Long-Billed Curlew
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Audubon, John James (1785-1851).
Long-Billed Curlew, Plate 231.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
24 5/8” x 37 5/8” sheet, 37” x 49” framed.
Comparable: Guernseys, 2013 - $109,800.
“This bird is the largest of the genus found in North America. The great length of its bill is of itself sufficient to distinguish it from every other...It is well known by the inhabitants of Charleston that it breeds on the islands on the coast of South Carolina; and my friend the Reverend John Bachman has been at their breeding grounds.”
- (Audubon’s Ornithological Biography, 1831).
Long-Billed Curlew, Plate 231.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
24 5/8” x 37 5/8” sheet, 37” x 49” framed.
Comparable: Guernseys, 2013 - $109,800.
“This bird is the largest of the genus found in North America. The great length of its bill is of itself sufficient to distinguish it from every other...It is well known by the inhabitants of Charleston that it breeds on the islands on the coast of South Carolina; and my friend the Reverend John Bachman has been at their breeding grounds.”
- (Audubon’s Ornithological Biography, 1831).
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Audubon Aquatint, Long-Billed Curlew
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