Audubon Aquatint, Blue-Grey Flycatcher
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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Blue-Grey Flycatcher, Plate 84.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
38 5/8" x 25 1/2" sheet.
Provenance: John Vickers Painter Collection.
Comparable: Christie's, 1/18/2001 - $1,293; Guernsey's, 5/11/2013 - $1,098.
"This diminutive lively bird is rendered peculiarly conspicuous by its being frequently the nurse or foster-parent of the young Cow Bunting, the real mother of which drops her egg in its nest. A few individuals of this species remain in Louisiana during spring and summer, and breed there; but the greater number proceed far eastward, and spread over the United States, although they are not common in any part. The Blue-grey Fly-catcher arrives in the neighbourhood of New Orleans about the middle of March, when it is observed along the water-courses, flitting about and searching diligently, amidst the branches of the Golden Willow, for the smaller kinds of winged insects, devouring amongst others great numbers of moschettoes" (Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831).
Blue-Grey Flycatcher, Plate 84.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
38 5/8" x 25 1/2" sheet.
Provenance: John Vickers Painter Collection.
Comparable: Christie's, 1/18/2001 - $1,293; Guernsey's, 5/11/2013 - $1,098.
"This diminutive lively bird is rendered peculiarly conspicuous by its being frequently the nurse or foster-parent of the young Cow Bunting, the real mother of which drops her egg in its nest. A few individuals of this species remain in Louisiana during spring and summer, and breed there; but the greater number proceed far eastward, and spread over the United States, although they are not common in any part. The Blue-grey Fly-catcher arrives in the neighbourhood of New Orleans about the middle of March, when it is observed along the water-courses, flitting about and searching diligently, amidst the branches of the Golden Willow, for the smaller kinds of winged insects, devouring amongst others great numbers of moschettoes" (Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831).
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Audubon Aquatint, Blue-Grey Flycatcher
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