Large Old Bird Print Depicting Two Gilded Flickers, 1869

1869 · Birds, Plants & Natural History

Large Old Bird Print Depicting Two Gilded Flickers, 1869

Name: Large Old Bird Print Depicting Two Gilded Flickers, 1869
Brand: John James Audubon
SKU: BGI-00198
Price: 1510 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1869
Maker: John James Audubon
Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 61 × 47.5 cm (24 × 18.7 in)
Period: The Gilded Age
Reference: BGI-00198

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

Two gilded flickers (Colaptes chrysoides) clinging to a weathered tree trunk, an original large folio lithograph with hand color from Daniel Giraud Elliot's The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America, published in New York for the author between 1866 and 1869. The plate title reads "Colaptes Chrysoides" (spelled "Chrysoldes" in some listings), and the lithography and coloring are by Bowen & Co. of Philadelphia.

One woodpecker grips the trunk at the right with its tail braced against the bark, showing its spotted underparts, barred back, black breast crescent and gray head. The second peers around the trunk from the left. Sprigs of leaves and soft green undergrowth sit at the base of the tree against a plain toned ground. The lettering at the lower left reads "Drawn from Nature by D.G. Elliot, F.Z.S.", and the Bowen & Co. imprint is at the lower right.

The gilded flicker is a woodpecker of the southwestern deserts, and Elliot's folio gave special attention to birds of the American West that the earlier work of Wilson and Audubon had not figured.

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