Audubon Aquatint, Fish Hawk or Osprey
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Audubon, John James (1785-1851).
Fish Hawk or Osprey, Plate 81.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
38 1/2” x 25 3/4” sheet, 49 1/2” x 37” framed.
Comparable: Arader Galleries, 2014 - $164,700.
From the Sachsen-Meiningen set of Audubons, colored for King William IV of Great Britain who ruled from 1830-1837.
“Comparing the great size of this bird, its formidable character, its powerful and protracted flight, and the dexterity with which, although a land bird, it procures its prey from the waters of the ocean, with the very inferior powers of the bird named Kingfisher, I should be tempted to search for a more appropriate appellation than that of Fish-Hawk, and, were I not a member of a republic, might fancy that of Imperial Fisher more applicable to it.”
- (Audubon’s Ornithological Biography, 1831).
Fish Hawk or Osprey, Plate 81.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
38 1/2” x 25 3/4” sheet, 49 1/2” x 37” framed.
Comparable: Arader Galleries, 2014 - $164,700.
From the Sachsen-Meiningen set of Audubons, colored for King William IV of Great Britain who ruled from 1830-1837.
“Comparing the great size of this bird, its formidable character, its powerful and protracted flight, and the dexterity with which, although a land bird, it procures its prey from the waters of the ocean, with the very inferior powers of the bird named Kingfisher, I should be tempted to search for a more appropriate appellation than that of Fish-Hawk, and, were I not a member of a republic, might fancy that of Imperial Fisher more applicable to it.”
- (Audubon’s Ornithological Biography, 1831).
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Audubon Aquatint, Fish Hawk or Osprey
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