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JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851)
Carolina Parrot. (Plate no. 26, Carolina Parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis Sheet size: 935 x 615mm. Hand-coloured engraving, with aquatint, by R.Havell. Framed and glazed. (Overall light surface soiling, small tears to blank margins).
A fine image of the now extinct Carolina Parakeet, the only member of the parrot family native to the United States. One of the more dramatic plates from Audubon's monumental Birds of America, published in 4 volumes between 1827 and 1838.
Carolina Parrot. (Plate no. 26, Carolina Parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis Sheet size: 935 x 615mm. Hand-coloured engraving, with aquatint, by R.Havell. Framed and glazed. (Overall light surface soiling, small tears to blank margins).
A fine image of the now extinct Carolina Parakeet, the only member of the parrot family native to the United States. One of the more dramatic plates from Audubon's monumental Birds of America, published in 4 volumes between 1827 and 1838.