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HAYES, Charles (1772-1826). "Portraits of British Birds." London, 1805-1816.
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HAYES, Charles (1772-1826). "Portraits of British Birds." London, 1805-1816.
Quarto (291 x 228mm). Manuscript title, 36 watercolor drawings interleaved with tissue guards, 12 of which also interleaved with explanatory letterpress (title page mounted on stub, marginal repair to pl. 12, occasional spots to some leaves). Modern green morocco, edges gilt.
Original watercolor drawings of birds by Charles Hayes, son of the noted ornithological artist William Hayes. William is best remembered for his engravings of the birds kept at Osterley Park; his many children were involved in the etching, coloring, and binding process of his books. These fine watercolors by Charles were probably intended as part of a small edition illustrated by original drawings, not unlike William Lewin’s first issue of The Birds of Great Britain. Only four other albums of his work are known: 50 watercolors held by McGill University, 120 by London Zoological Society, 24 sold at Christie’s London (16 November 2004), and a collection of 144 drawings also sold in London (25 October 2005), from the Fattorini collection. Nissen records a work by Charles with 120 copperplate engravings; no copies of this work are extant, and it is probably a ghost. See Nissen IVB 420.
Quarto (291 x 228mm). Manuscript title, 36 watercolor drawings interleaved with tissue guards, 12 of which also interleaved with explanatory letterpress (title page mounted on stub, marginal repair to pl. 12, occasional spots to some leaves). Modern green morocco, edges gilt.
Original watercolor drawings of birds by Charles Hayes, son of the noted ornithological artist William Hayes. William is best remembered for his engravings of the birds kept at Osterley Park; his many children were involved in the etching, coloring, and binding process of his books. These fine watercolors by Charles were probably intended as part of a small edition illustrated by original drawings, not unlike William Lewin’s first issue of The Birds of Great Britain. Only four other albums of his work are known: 50 watercolors held by McGill University, 120 by London Zoological Society, 24 sold at Christie’s London (16 November 2004), and a collection of 144 drawings also sold in London (25 October 2005), from the Fattorini collection. Nissen records a work by Charles with 120 copperplate engravings; no copies of this work are extant, and it is probably a ghost. See Nissen IVB 420.