Audubon Buff-Breasted Merganser: Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-Colored Bird Lithograph, 1870

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This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Buff-breasted Merganser Goosander, 1. Male 2. Female", No. 83, Plate … more This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Buff-breasted Merganser Goosander, 1. Male 2. Female", No. 83, Plate 411 from Audubon's "Birds of America, lithographed, printed and colored by JT Bowen and published in Philadelphia between 1870-1871. The lithograph depicts a male Buff-breasted Merganser Goosander on the right, on the shore of a body of water, looking to the left. A female Buff-breasted Merganser Goosander on the left, is in the water, also looking to the left. A waterfall is in the background and foliage on the shore in the distance.

This hand-colored Audubon bird octavo-size lithograph sheet measures 6.75" high by 10.25" wide. The print is in excellent condition. The original text pages, 98-104, from Audubon's 19th century publication, are included. less