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....my favorite Audubon's:
Virginia partridge, (today, Northern bobwhite quail)
Sometime later today, a first edition of this intense action print—a red-shouldered hawk going after a covey of quail—will change hands. It's one of the 435 hand-colored engravings at auction today at Christie's in New York. Bound in one of four volumes, it's a rare and unique achievement in natural history and art, the product of John James Audubon, a Haitian-French-born American naturalist/artist, and an English engraver: Robert Havell plus a team of colorists and other artists.
Owned by the heirs of the Fourth Duke of Portland, this evening their copy of The Birds of America (circa. 1838) will have a new owner. Let's hope he/she has a party inviting all their friends and one lone blogger from Tennessee.
Stay tuned for an update.
Sometime later today, a first edition of this intense action print—a red-shouldered hawk going after a covey of quail—will change hands. It's one of the 435 hand-colored engravings at auction today at Christie's in New York. Bound in one of four volumes, it's a rare and unique achievement in natural history and art, the product of John James Audubon, a Haitian-French-born American naturalist/artist, and an English engraver: Robert Havell plus a team of colorists and other artists.
Owned by the heirs of the Fourth Duke of Portland, this evening their copy of The Birds of America (circa. 1838) will have a new owner. Let's hope he/she has a party inviting all their friends and one lone blogger from Tennessee.
Stay tuned for an update.
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