Audubon Aquatint, Shore Lark
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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Shore Lark, Plate 200.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
25 1/2” x 38 1/2” sheet.
Provenance: From the John Painter Vickers Collection.
Comparable: Christie's, 2004 - $4,780; Neal Auction Co., 2013 - $2,629.
The Shore Lark breeds on the high and desolate tracts of Labrador, in the vicinity of the sea. The face of the country appears as if formed of one undulated expanse of dark granite, covered with mosses and lichens, varying in size and colour, some green, others as white as snow, and others again of every tint, and disposed in large patches or tufts. It is on the latter that the Lark places her nest, which is disposed with so much care, while the moss so resembles the bird in hue, that unless you almost tread upon her as she sits, she seems to feel secure, and remains unmoved.
AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Shore Lark, Plate 200.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
25 1/2” x 38 1/2” sheet.
Provenance: From the John Painter Vickers Collection.
Comparable: Christie's, 2004 - $4,780; Neal Auction Co., 2013 - $2,629.
The Shore Lark breeds on the high and desolate tracts of Labrador, in the vicinity of the sea. The face of the country appears as if formed of one undulated expanse of dark granite, covered with mosses and lichens, varying in size and colour, some green, others as white as snow, and others again of every tint, and disposed in large patches or tufts. It is on the latter that the Lark places her nest, which is disposed with so much care, while the moss so resembles the bird in hue, that unless you almost tread upon her as she sits, she seems to feel secure, and remains unmoved.
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Audubon Aquatint, Shore Lark
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