[Natural History] Audubon, John James. Group of 2 Prints

Canadian Titmouse
London: R(obert). Havell, 1834. Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching. Engraved, printed, and colored by Havell, after a painting by Audubon. A few minor spots. Approximately 28 x 19 in. (711 x 483 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame. Low, p. 120, Variant 1

A handsome example of Audubon's depiction of a Canadian Titmouse, plate CXCIV from his Birds of America (London, 1827-38). "Painting and plate depict two adult birds, with a young one at bottom. All are on a branch of Black Chokeberry. Audubon wrote on the painting: 'Labrador, July 20, 1833, opposite Island by Macatina.' Audubon first called this little bird Canada or Canadian Titmouse, but later changed it to Hudson's Bay Titmouse. Succeeding ornithologists called it Hudsonian Chickadee and, later, Brown-Capped Chickadee." (Low)

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Ruby crowned Wren
London: R(obert). Havell, 1834. Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching. Engraved, printed, and colored by Havell, after a painting by Audubon. A few minor spots. Approximately 28 x 19 in. (711 x 483 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame. Low, p. 120

A handsome example of Audubon's depiction of a Ruby Crowned Wren, plate CXCV from his Birds of America (London, 1827-38). "Painting and plate depict two males in a branch of Sheep Laurel. Painted during the Labrador trip in the summer of 1833. Audubon wrote in his Labrador journal on August 16: 'spent morning drawing a Kalmia [Sheep Laurel] to a bird.'" (Low)

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This lot is located in Philadelphia.

W. Graham Arader III, label on reverse of each frame

[Natural History] Audubon, John James. Group of 2 Prints