Audubon Aquatint, Mangrove Hummingbird
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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Mangrove Humming Bird, Plate 184.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
35 1/2" x 25" sheet.
Comparables: Christie's, 2004 - $11,950; Arader Galleries, 2019 - $8,750.
"Such in most cases is the brilliancy of their plumage, that I am unable to find apt objects of comparison unless I resort to the most brilliant gems and the richest metals. So rapid is their flight that they seem to outstrip the wind. Almost always on the wing, we scarcely see them in any other position. Living on the honeyed sweets of the most beautiful flowers, and the minute insects concealed in their corollas, they come to us as etherial beings, and it is not surprising that they should have excited the wonder and admiration of mankind." - (Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831).
Mangrove Humming Bird, Plate 184.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
35 1/2" x 25" sheet.
Comparables: Christie's, 2004 - $11,950; Arader Galleries, 2019 - $8,750.
"Such in most cases is the brilliancy of their plumage, that I am unable to find apt objects of comparison unless I resort to the most brilliant gems and the richest metals. So rapid is their flight that they seem to outstrip the wind. Almost always on the wing, we scarcely see them in any other position. Living on the honeyed sweets of the most beautiful flowers, and the minute insects concealed in their corollas, they come to us as etherial beings, and it is not surprising that they should have excited the wonder and admiration of mankind." - (Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831).
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