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John James Audubon, 1833
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Barn Owl
John James Audubon, 1833
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (1785-1851), after. – HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878).
Barn Owl (Plate CLXXI)
Strix Flammea
"The plate is a night scene, one of only three in The Birds of America" (Low). The other night scenes depict the Snowy Owl and the American White Pelican. Audubon's painting of this subject is dated from New Jersey, July 1832. Low, p. 111.
Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, dated 1834, on watermarked J Whatman paper dated 1833. Sheet size 965 x 640mm. (Some very narrow edge wear and tiny chips, one pin-hole in sky near lower left, right edge with three closed tears; the longest of these is 43mm, just encroaching into image.) Matted.
John James Audubon, 1833
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (1785-1851), after. – HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878).
Barn Owl (Plate CLXXI)
Strix Flammea
"The plate is a night scene, one of only three in The Birds of America" (Low). The other night scenes depict the Snowy Owl and the American White Pelican. Audubon's painting of this subject is dated from New Jersey, July 1832. Low, p. 111.
Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, dated 1834, on watermarked J Whatman paper dated 1833. Sheet size 965 x 640mm. (Some very narrow edge wear and tiny chips, one pin-hole in sky near lower left, right edge with three closed tears; the longest of these is 43mm, just encroaching into image.) Matted.
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