From Arader Galleries Drawings & Watercolors, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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WILLIAM HAYES JR. (BRITISH, 19TH CENTURY) Great Crowned Pigeon Watercolor and ink on paper Signed William Hayes Jnr 1794 l.r. 1794 Paper size: 9 x 11 Original watercolor by ornithological painter William Hayes. William Hayes is best known for his delicate drawings of the most unusual specimens, pre-pared for Robert and Sarah Child. Hayes depicted birds at life-size whenever possible, as John James Audubon (1785-1851) would later do. A self-taught artist, Hayes worked from live speci-mens he kept in captivity and birds from the collection of one of his patrons, the Duchess of Port-land. Having fallen on hard times, Hayes employed some of his 21 children to help him in the engraving and coloring of his first edition of Rare and Curious Birds, 1794-99. This publication was the first published systematic record of a single private collection of live birds. Robert and Sa-rah Child, the owners of Osterley, commissioned William Hayes to write and illustrate this work. A second edition, credited to the late William Hayes, of Southall, was posthumously published for the benefit of his family. Loca: 6.3B.D72. Seller Inventory # AP00440
Bibliographic Details
Title: Great Crowned Pigeon
Binding: No Binding
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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