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The White-Bellied Caribbean Martin – An 1807 Ornithological Illustration
1807 · Birds, Plants & Natural History

The White-Bellied Caribbean Martin – An 1807 Ornithological Illustration

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€490 · dollar price at today's exchange rate

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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
Places
The West Indies
Reference
BG-13363-5
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

Female white-bellied martin, an original hand-colored engraving titled "L'Hirondelle à ventre blanc, f.lle", from Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot's Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amérique septentrionale, published about 1807. The plate is lettered "pl. 29", and the credits below read "Prêtre pinx.", "Langlois imp." and "Bouquet sculp.", naming the painter, the printer and the engraver.

The bird perches on a twisted, lichen-covered branch, facing left, with a brown head and breast shading to a whitish belly. The back and wings are dark brown with a blue sheen at the shoulders, and the tail is dark blue and forked. It is drawn on an open cream sheet with a fine plate mark. The female of the species is duller than the male, which Vieillot shows on a separate plate.

The bird is the Caribbean martin, Progne dominicensis, a swallow of the West Indies, and the plate is the companion of the male on plate 28.

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