Audubon Aquatint, Canada Goose
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Audubon, John James (1785-1851).
Canada Goose, Plate 201.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
37 3/4” x 25” sheet, 49 1/2” x 37” framed.
Comparable: Guernseys, 2013 - $48,800.
“It is extremely amusing to witness the courtship of the Canada Goose in all its stages; and let me assure you, reader, that although a Gander does not strut before his beloved with the pomposity of a Turkey, or the grace of a Dove, his ways are quite as agreeable to the female of his choice. I can imagine before me one who has just accomplished the defeat of another male after a struggle of half an hour or more. He advances gallantly towards the object of contention, his head scarcely raised an inch from the ground, his bill open to its full stretch, his fleshy tongue elevated, his eyes darting fiery glances, and as be moves he hisses loudly, while the emotion which he experiences, causes his quills to shake, and his feathers to rustle. ”
- (Audubon’s Ornithological Biography, 1831).
Canada Goose, Plate 201.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
37 3/4” x 25” sheet, 49 1/2” x 37” framed.
Comparable: Guernseys, 2013 - $48,800.
“It is extremely amusing to witness the courtship of the Canada Goose in all its stages; and let me assure you, reader, that although a Gander does not strut before his beloved with the pomposity of a Turkey, or the grace of a Dove, his ways are quite as agreeable to the female of his choice. I can imagine before me one who has just accomplished the defeat of another male after a struggle of half an hour or more. He advances gallantly towards the object of contention, his head scarcely raised an inch from the ground, his bill open to its full stretch, his fleshy tongue elevated, his eyes darting fiery glances, and as be moves he hisses loudly, while the emotion which he experiences, causes his quills to shake, and his feathers to rustle. ”
- (Audubon’s Ornithological Biography, 1831).
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Audubon Aquatint, Canada Goose
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