AUDUBON, John James, Plate CCXVI. Wood Ibis TENNIS fine original graphite

fine original graphite

With funding from René II

watermarked "Whatman 1794" and with their fleur-de-lis

Jefferson County

Pen and ink and watercolor Paper size: 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 in

AUDUBON, John James, Plate CCXVI. Wood Ibis TENNIS fine original graphiteAUDUBON, John James (1785 1851) Wood Ibis, Plate 216 Aquatint engraving with original hand color London: Robert Havell, 1827 1838 37 1 4" x 25" sheet One of Audubon's Genius Icons. "As soon as they have discovered a place abounding in fish, they dance as it were all through it, until the water becomes thick with mud stirred from the bottom by their feet." Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831 John James Audubon is without rival as the most