Lot 18
Audubon, J(ohn). J(ames). Trumpeter Swan
Sale 6308 - Printed and Manuscript Americana
Jan 29, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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30,000
Lot Description
Audubon, J(ohn). J(ames). Trumpeter Swan
(London: Robert Havell), 1837. Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J. Whatman Turkey Mill watermarked paper, dated 1837. Engraved, printed, and colored by Robert Havell, after a painting by Audubon. Mat burn along edges; scattered small repairs in top edge; edges very slightly trimmed. 25 9/16 x 38 3/16 in. (649 x 970 mm). In mat and in frame, 36 1/4 x 48 1/2 in. (921 x 1,232 mm). Low, p. 191
A handsome example of Audubon's Trumpeter Swan, plate CCCLXXVI from his Birds of America (London, 1827-38). "Painting and plate depict one bird amid grass and washed-up seaweed. He is laying down with his head and neck arched back over his wing. Audubon wrote in Ornithological Biography: 'The young bird represented in this plate was shot near New Orleans, Dec. 16, 1822...'" (Low)
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