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Plate CXXVII, Set Elephant Folio Engraving from John James Audubon's The Birds of America. Drawn in Louisiana or Mississippi in 1822, background by Joseph Mason. Engraved, printed, and hand-coloured by Robert Havel, London, on J. Whatman watermarked wove paper. Custom matted and framed, sight size: 12" x 19", framed size 28" x 41".
Price: $4,800 KR-33-26
Audubon realized early on that, in order to complete his monumental task, he would need the help of additional artists for the botanical elements and the landscapes. For his two-year trip down the mississippi River (1820-1822), he took along his talented 13-year old pupil Joseph Mason to draw the habitats. Mason contributed the blackberry bush on which the cat birds are perched.
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