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THBafter John James Audubon (1785-1851)
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Pembroke, MA 02359
United States
Founded in 2005, Copley Fine Art Auctions is a boutique auction house specializing in antique decoys and American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Over the course of the last two decades, the firm has set auction records for not only individual decoy makers, but also entire carving regions. Copley...Read more
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LiveFeb 12, 2015 - Feb 13, 2015
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Turkey Buzzard
hand-colored engraving, sheet size 38 1/4 by 25 3/8 in.
by Robert Havell"Turkey Buzzard (No. 31, Plate CLI)"
"Cathartes Aura"
"Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon F.R.S.F.L.S." lower left
"Engraved, Printed, & Colored by R. Havell, London, 1832" lower right
on J. Whatman watermarked paper
"As soon as, like me, you shall have seen the Turkey Buzzard follow, with arduous closeness of investigation, the skirts of the forests, the meanders of creeks and rivers, sweeping over the whole of extensive plains, glancing his quick eye in all directions, with as much intentness as ever did the noblest of Falcons, to discover where below him lies the suitable prey...then will you abandon the deeply-rooted notion, that this bird possesses the faculty of discovering, by his sense of smell, his prey at an immense distance."
Provenance: Collection of an independent Audubon Society
Literature: Christoph Irmscher, ed., “John James Audubon: Writings & Drawings,” New York, NY, 1999, pp. 293-294.John James Audubon, "Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories," London, England, 1826-1838.
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