Painted by F. Cruickshanks. Eng.d by J.Sartain.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Mezzotint. Printed area 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5½").
The famous ornithologist, born in Haiti, April 1785, arrived in Edinburgh in 1826. 'The Birds of America', containing life-sized portraits, remains the most sumptuous bird book ever printed. By John Sartain (1808-97), American engraver after Frederick Cruikshank (1800-68).
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 1472]  £180.00