Lot 213:
J.J. Audubon, Violet-green Cormorant
Sold for: $90
Description
This hand-colored lithograph depicts a Violet-green Cormorant in female winter plumage, standing on a rocky shoreline. The artwork is a plate from the octavo edition of John James Audubon?s The Birds of America. The upper left margin is printed with N? 84. and the upper right margin is printed with Pl. 419. The lower left margin bears the printed attribution Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon F.R.S. F.L.S. The center lower margin features the title Violet-green Cormorant.- in a calligraphic script, with the subtitle Female in Winter. below it. The initials CP are printed directly below the center of the image. The lower right margin contains the publisher information Lith. Printed & Col.d by J.T. Bowen, Philad.a. The print is displayed in a dark-stained wood frame with a double cream-toned mat.
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