Dec 04, 2014 - Sale 2369

Sale 2369 - Lot 269

Price Realized: $ 531
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(BIRDS.) Detmold, Edward Julius. Golden Eagle. Beautiful separately-issued etching of a chained Golden Eagle set against a classic Orientalist backdrop. 560x470 mm sheet size, 340x290 mm image, very wide margins, on fine laid paper; mat burn, upper left corner a little soiled. Signed "E Detmold" in pencil, lower right. [London, first quarter 20th century]
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This is an exceptional example of bird art, redolent of the eagles drawn by Selby and Barraband. Detmold was one of the foremost illustrators of the Edwardian era, and his skill and wide-ranging influences are fully evident here.