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Lot Essay
The present watercolour is similar in style to those executed as preparatory drawings for Les Oiseaux les plus remarquables pour leurs Formes et leurs Couleurs, Paris and London, circa 1857 (Nissen, IVB, no. 946). It has not been possible, however, to connect this particular drawing with a specific plate.
Travis is also known to have contributed plates to a number of other publications including La Chasse, Paris, circa 1865, and Muse du Chasseur, Paris, circa 1860.
This species of Cardinal Finch is the well-loved 'red bird' of the southern states of America. Its distribution spreads from the United States to Mexico and the British Honduras. Cardinals are seedeaters, essentially arboreal woodland inhabitants that feed on the ground.
Travis is also known to have contributed plates to a number of other publications including La Chasse, Paris, circa 1865, and Muse du Chasseur, Paris, circa 1860.
This species of Cardinal Finch is the well-loved 'red bird' of the southern states of America. Its distribution spreads from the United States to Mexico and the British Honduras. Cardinals are seedeaters, essentially arboreal woodland inhabitants that feed on the ground.