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Audubon Aquatint, Common American Gull
Audubon Aquatint, Common American Gull
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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).
Common American Gull, Plate 212.
Aquatint engraving with original hand color.
London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838.
25 1/4 x 37 1/4 sheet.
Comparable: Christies, 2004 - $5,378; Swann, 2012 - $2,160.
"This species, although one of those most abundant on our coast, is so well acquainted with the artifices of man, that it keeps more than others beyond the reach of the gun. While in our harbours or rivers it sails at a moderate height, sometimes mingling with the Silvery Gull, or even with the Great Black-backed. Its movements are graceful and easy, and it floats as it were in the air, whether proceeding in a direct line, or in irregular curves, when, suddenly checking its speed, it partially closes its wings, and descends with rapidity in a spiral manner. As it approaches the water, it allows its legs to hang, opens its bill, and while seizing its food, raises its wings erect and flaps them quickly to support its body. Now with loaded bill it sweeps off to some distance, alights, and devours its prey." - Audubon's Ornithological Biography.
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Audubon Aquatint, Common American Gull

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