1807 American Redstart Illustration - 'Le Moucherolle doré mâle' Old Bird Print

1807 · Birds, Plants & Natural History

1807 American Redstart Illustration - 'Le Moucherolle doré mâle' Old Bird Print

Name: 1807 American Redstart Illustration - 'Le Moucherolle doré mâle' Old Bird Print
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13363-15
Price: 490 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1807
Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 51.5 × 34.4 cm (20.3 × 13.5 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear and foxing, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Reference: BG-13363-15

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Male American redstart, an original hand-colored engraving titled "Le Moucherolle doré mâle" with the Latin "Muscicapa ruticilla", from Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot's Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amérique septentrionale, published about 1807. The plate number is lettered in the title line, and the credits below read "Prêtre pinx.", "Langlois imp." and "Bouquet sculp.", naming the painter, the printer and the engraver.

The bird perches near the top of a gnarled branch, turned to the left. The head and back are a deep blue-black, the breast and belly white, and the wings and tail are marked with bright orange-red patches. The plumage is finely stippled and the color was applied in the printing and then finished by hand. The bird is drawn at about life size on a large open sheet with no background.

Vieillot's study of North American birds was among the first to show birds as living animals in their natural attitudes, and Prêtre's paintings, printed in color from the plates, give the series its distinctive finish.

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