05-31-201405-31-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2730BBoston
May 31, 2014 11:00 AMCalender
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Ornithological Illustrations, Hayes, Gould, et alia.

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$800$650
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2730BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 31, 2014 11:00AM

Description:

Ornithological Illustrations, Hayes, Gould, et alia.
Three etchings hand-colored and signed by William Hayes (1735-1802),the silver pheasant from Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, dated Osterley Park, 1785, 17 3/4 x 12 3/4 in., contemporary mounting on a larger sheet of laid paper, with a hand-drawn ink and water color frame; the indigo bunting (called American Bluefinch) and male cardinal (called Virginian Grosbeak),both on full sheets, hand-colored, signed, and dated by Hayes, 1778, 20 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. each.
Two Gould birds, the sparrow hawk, and Edward Lear's osprey, both hand-finished color lithographic prints, with the accompanying page of text, folio, vertical format, 20 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. each.
[and] a folding quarto-format copper-plate engraving of a Chinese Pheasant removed from a volume of transactions of the Royal Society, c. 1765, with two leaves of text, the illustration 16 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.; all plates and pages disbound and unframed. (6)
Estimate $300-500


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Keywords

William Hayes, Gould, Edward Lear, Royal Society