Audubon Canvass Back Duck: An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-Colored Bird Lithograph, 1870

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This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Canvass Back Duck, 1. Male 2. Female, View of Baltimore, … more This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Canvass Back Duck, 1. Male 2. Female, View of Baltimore, Maryland", No. 79, Plate 395 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 Canvass Back Duck on the left, on the shore of a body of water appearing to drink. Another duck on the right, is on the opposite shoe in the water, looking into the water, possibly in search of food. A third Canvass Back Duck floats in the water, between the other two. The city of Baltimore, Maryland is seen in the background.

This hand-colored Audubon bird octavo-size lithograph sheet measures 6.75" high by 10.25" wide. There are two tiny barely visible spots in the lower margin on the left and another in the upper portion of the right margin. The print is otherwise in excellent condition. The original text pages, 10-20, from Audubon's 19th century publication are included. less