Swainson's Warbler: A Framed Original Hand-Colored Audubon Folio Bird Engraving, 1828

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This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Swainson's Warbler, Male, Sylvicola Swainsonia, Tree: Vulgo, White … more This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Swainson's Warbler, Male, Sylvicola Swainsonia, Tree: Vulgo, White Oak", No. 10, Plate 50, from Audubon's "Birds of America". It was engraved, printed and hand colored in London by Robert Havell, Jr. in 1828. It depicts a male Swainson's Warbler bird perched on a branch of a white oak tree, amid large leaves and acorns. Audubon later stated: "This little bird was by mistake engraved, and named after my friend W. Swainson, Esq., during my absence from London, one drawing having been accidentally substituted for another. It is in reality the young of the Black and Yellow Warbler, and was intended to form part of the Plate which will represent the adult male and female of that species.” William Swainson (1789-1855) was the first ornithological illustrator to use lithography, which Audubon later adopted for the production of his octavo edition of the Birds of America.
This original large folio-sized hand colored Audubon bird engraving is presented in an ornate medium brown-colored wood frame with a light tan-colored mat. It is glazed with UV conservation glass and all mounting materials are archival. There are a few short wrinkles, but the print is otherwise in very good condition. less