AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Carolina Pigeon or Turtle Dove, (Plate 17), 1827–1838 Cartographer_Charles Parsons Multi-sheet woodblock print

Multi-sheet woodblock print

printed in 1710

1760s-1770s

Published in Paris around 1695

Original watercolor study prepared for figure VIII page 19 of

AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Carolina Pigeon or Turtle Dove, (Plate 17), 1827–1838 Cartographer_Charles Parsons Multi-sheet woodblock printJOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785 1851) Carolina Pigeon or Turtle Dove, Plate 17 From the Birds of America Aquatint engraving with original hand color London: Robert Havell, 18271838 Paper size: 37 x 24 1 8 in. Frame size: 46 1 2 x 33 5 8 in. I have tried, kind reader, to give you a faithful representation of two as gentle pairs of Turtles as ever cooed their loves in the green woods. I have placed them on a branch of Stuartia, which you see ornamented with a