AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Glossy Ibis, (Plate 387), 1827–1838 12_10_24 full margins)

full margins)

Choris went to Paris where he issued a portfolio of his drawings in lithographic reproduction and studied in the ateliers of Gerard and Regnault

May-7 June 1987 (a selection)

copy in the Bibliotheque National in Paris

White Martagon

AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Glossy Ibis, (Plate 387), 1827–1838 12_10_24 full margins)JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785 1851) Glossy Ibis, Plate 387 From the Birds of America Aquatint engraving with original hand color London: Robert Havell, 18271838 Paper size: 25 3 4 x 38 3 8 in. Frame size: 37 1 4 x 49 5 8 in. The Glossy Ibis is of exceedingly rare occurrence in the United States, where it appears only at long and irregular intervals, like a wanderer who has lost his way. It exists in Mexico, however, in vast numbers. In the spring of 1837,