April 17, 2024
Rare 1794 HAYES Antique H/C Engraving: BEARDED TITMOUSE Ornithology Bird Decor
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* WELCOME TO ANTIQUUS GALLERY *Description: This elegant engraving with original hand-coloring is from William Hayes's "Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, with their Descriptions, from the Menagey of Osterly Park" and was published in London by W. Bulmer and Co. in 1794. Each engraving is on woven, watermarked paper. The work was "one of the most famous, early coloured illustrations of ornithology".A complete copy of this work is usually sold for around $11,000. Individual prints on eBay can be found for $150-$180.William Hayes was a noted self-taught bird illustrator. Hayes also utilized the artistry of his family in the text, drawing, etching, stippling, and coloring of his plates. He engaged no fewer than seven of his children in printing, coloring and assembling volumes, and at least some of his bird illustrations were drawn by other members of his large family. As orders for copies of his books were received, available prints were assembled in what has been described as "a production line of unrivalled chaos," so that the actual contents received by a given subscriber varied."Hayes was the first author systematically to record a single private collection of live birds; such a project was not attempted again until 1846." (Jackson, Bird Etchings, p.135) The work was commissioned by Robert and Sarah Child, the owners of Osterley
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