Original Audubon Octavo Edition Number 90 Plate 450, Great Black-backed Gull
📜Original Audubon Octavo Subsequent Edition Number 90 Plate 450, Great Black-backed Gull
Authentic John James Audubon Print
Offered here is an original hand-colored lithograph from The Birds of America octavo edition, published by J. J. Audubon and J. B. Chevalier in New York. These smaller-format “Octavo” editions were issued beginning in 1840, with later editions published through the mid-19th century.
· Artist: John James Audubon (1785–1851)
· Lithographer: J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia
· Work: The Birds of America (Octavo Edition)
· Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
· Sheet Size: Approximately 6.5 x 10.25 inches
· Condition: Overall good
🔍 Edition Notes:
This plate is from a subsequent edition, determined by a tinted background. (See below for details on how editions differ).
How can you distinguish between first and subsequent octavo editions?
With very few exceptions, the first edition octavo birds have no tinted background. Subsequent editions have a tinted background, sometimes made to resemble the sky with or without clouds.
Credits at the bottom will appear in italic lettering on first edition prints, except for plates 1 through 150 and 186 through 189 which appear in block letters on first edition prints. All subsequent editions have credits in block lettering.
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📜Original Audubon Octavo Subsequent Edition Number 90 Plate 450, Great Black-backed Gull
Authentic John James Audubon Print
Offered here is an original hand-colored lithograph from The Birds of America octavo edition, published by J. J. Audubon and J. B. Chevalier in New York. These smaller-format “Octavo” editions were issued beginning in 1840, with later editions published through the mid-19th century.
· Artist: John James Audubon (1785–1851)
· Lithographer: J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia
· Work: The Birds of America (Octavo Edition)
· Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
· Sheet Size: Approximately 6.5 x 10.25 inches
· Condition: Overall good
🔍 Edition Notes:
This plate is from a subsequent edition, determined by a tinted background. (See below for details on how editions differ).
How can you distinguish between first and subsequent octavo editions?
With very few exceptions, the first edition octavo birds have no tinted background. Subsequent editions have a tinted background, sometimes made to resemble the sky with or without clouds.
Credits at the bottom will appear in italic lettering on first edition prints, except for plates 1 through 150 and 186 through 189 which appear in block letters on first edition prints. All subsequent editions have credits in block lettering.
smcwill