Bay-breasted Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler

John James Audubon, 1830

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Bay-breasted Warbler
John James Audubon, 1830
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851), after. – HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878).

Autumnal Warbler (Plate 88)
Sylvia Autumnalis

Variant 1. Depicts a male and female pair in the branches of a "Canoe Birch," a.k.a. White Birch. The painting for this print was made in August, 1829, in the Great Pine Swamp. Low, pp. 79-80.

Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, dated 1830, on watermarked J Whatman paper dated 1830, with margins. Plate size 496 x 310 mm (963 x 630 mm sheet). (Some light spotting at upper right and some light soiling to lower left, margins with a few stains.) Matted and framed.

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