AUDUBON, John James

Great Carolina Wren [Plate 117]

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen.

Octavo bird print. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Page measures 10" x 6 1/4".

A male and female wren perched on a dwarf buck-eye plant, one peering below a leaf, the other facing up, chirping. First Royal Octavo edition, circa 1842. John James Audubon (1785-1851) was an American naturalist, painter and ornithologist who did extensive field work studying birds before painting them. Please visit our gallery for more Audubon prints.

Binding: Unbound
Language: English

Price: $250.00

Item #294071

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