Antique Bird Print of the Canadian Woodpecker by Audubon, c.1840

1840 · Birds, Plants & Natural History

Antique Bird Print of the Canadian Woodpecker by Audubon, c.1840

Name: Antique Bird Print of the Canadian Woodpecker by Audubon, c.1840
Brand: John James Audubon
SKU: BG-11325
Price: 505 USD
Availability: InStock

$505

€450 · dollar price at today's exchange rate

Buy now Ask a question

Shipping to the United States: $51 standard, $73 express, insured and tracked.

Date: 1840
Maker: John James Audubon
Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 26 × 15.5 cm (10.2 × 6.1 in)
Condition: Good
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Reference: BG-11325

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

Canadian Woodpecker, a hand-colored lithograph from the first royal octavo edition of The Birds of America, drawn by John James Audubon and printed and colored by J.T. Bowen of Philadelphia. The plate is numbered 52 and lettered Pl. 258 at the top, with the title and "Male" beneath the picture.

A single bird clings head down to a lichen-covered limb of a leafless tree, in black and white plumage with a striped head, in a sparse, uncluttered composition. The tree, drawn in soft brown and gray, takes up most of the sheet. Audubon's drawing credit and Bowen's imprint are lettered along the lower margin.

The royal octavo edition, issued in New York and Philadelphia from 1840 to 1844, was a smaller and cheaper version of the great folio, drawn from the original plates, and was followed by seven further editions.

★