May 19, 2015 - Sale 2384

Sale 2384 - Lot 225

Price Realized: $ 4,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Chuck Will's Widow. Plate 52. Hand-colored engraved and aquatint plate from Audubon's double elephant folio edition of Birds of America, watermarked: "JWhatman 1830". On an unusually large folio sheet, 39x26 1/4 inches. Few small expert repairs at edges. London: Havell, 1829

Additional Details

In this plate, Audubon depicts the typical animosity that Chuck-will's-widows have for snakes. The watercolor on which the plate is based is inscribed: "Natchez, May 7, 1822." Low, A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America, page 59, state 1.