Description: Title: Least Water-Rail, 1. Adult Male 2. Young Plate 308 Date of Printing: 1856 Printing Technique: black and white stone lithograph with original hand-coloring Artist: John J. Audubon Details: ORIGINAL 1856 hand-colored stone lithograph from 2nd Audubon octavo edition of Birds of America. Lithographed, printed and colored by J.T. Bowen of Philadelphia. The octavo editions were sold by subscription in folios containing five plates each. Number in upper right corner is the plate (Pl.) number (total plates in the octavo edition was 500). Number in the upper left corner is the folio (No.) number; all five plates in each individual folio will have the same folio number. Paper Size: 7” high by 10 ½” wide Condition: Condition is EXCELLENT with the exception of one extremely faint gray spot at the extreme bottom edge below the “e” in “Least” of the title (see photo). Original hand-coloring is clean with no fading. Text above and below print is clean and sharp. No visible flaws to print. There is a narrow strip of original binding residue at the very top of the page. The tiny gray spot and binding residue could easily be matted out for framing. Shipping: U.S. Postal, insured with tracking. Print will be shipped flat. This is an OLD and ORIGINAL print - we sell NO reproductions! We do our best to accurately describe each piece. We have been selling antique prints at major shows on the West Coast for the past 35 years. PLEASE e-mail any questions.
Price: 40 USD
Location: Los Molinos, California
End Time: 2024-08-26T23:40:24.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: John James Audubon
Image Orientation: Landscape
Size: Octavo
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Region of Origin: Pennsylvania, USA
Subject: Birds
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1856
Item Height: 7"
Theme: Natural History
Features: Hand Tinted
Production Technique: Hand-colored Stone Lithograph
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 10 1/2"
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
