In this issue: We commemorate World Wildlife Day, March 3, with special gallery offerings for our premier clients. These artworks range from the beautiful — colorful hummingbirds and luscious lemons — to the sublime, in an intense encounter of a wild horse with a lion and in a wild buffalo hunt in the old American west. Cartographic offerings include a Zootopia of animal constellations in a celestial chart and a globe, busy beavers in Oregon, and spouting whales in the waters off Nantucket.
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WILD HORSES COULDN'T DRAG ME AWAY
HYPER-SUBLIME SPECTACLE
The Horse and Lion is a fine late 18th century mezzotint after a painting by the renowned British horse artist George Stubbs from a series or works in which he depicted horses stalked and attacked by lions. They served as a foundational exploration of the sublime, relating to the theories of Stubb’s contemporary, Edmund Burke shifting the perception of wildlife from mere scientific specimens to embodiments of terror, power, and raw emotion. Regularly $5,500, sale price $4,400. More information.
LIVING IN THE WILD WILD WEST
A Native American attempts to control a lassoed wild horse in a hand-colored lithograph from George Catlin’s celebrated North American Indian Portfolio, published in London in 1844. In another print from the set, three hunters furtively stalk a grazing herd of wild bison on the Upper Missouri, using the ravine's terrain to hide. Regularly $3,500 each; sale price $2,975 each. More information.
LIVING IN THE WILD WILD WEST
A Native American attempts to control a lassoed wild horse in a hand-colored lithograph from George Catlin’s celebrated North American Indian Portfolio, published in London in 1844. In another print from the set, three hunters furtively stalk a grazing herd of wild bison on the Upper Missouri, using the ravine's terrain to hide. Regularly $3,500 each, sale price $2,975 each. More information.
ZOOTOPIA IN THE SKY
STAR STRUCK MAP
A veritable zoo of animal images is contained in Andreas Cellarius’ celestial map Haemisphaerium Stellatum Boreale Antiquum (Schenk & Valk, Amsterdam: 1708). This hand colored engraving includes the Camelopardalis constellation represented as a giraffe. As suggested by the Greek origin of this name, it was thought to resemble a camel and leopard. Zodiac animals include Aries the ram; Taurus, the bull, and Scorpius, the scorpion in stunning red. Price for our enews customers reduced $5,750 to $4,800. More information.
STAR-STUDDED GLOBE
Constellation animals are shown in simple light blue lines against a dark blue background in our 12-inch Rand McNally celestial globe (Chicago: 1960s). Yellow stars vary in sizes relative to magnitude of brightness. Mythological animals include Pegasus, the immortal winged white horse of Greek mythology known for aiding the hero Bellerophon in defeating the Chimera and later serving Zeus by carrying his thunderbolts to Olympus. Regularly $800, now $675. More information.
FREQUENT FLIERS
BUFF-BELLIED BIRD
Amazilia yucatanensis — known as the buff-bellied hummingbird — is illustrated in a fine hand-colored lithograph from John Gould’s A Monograph of the Trochilidae (London, 1849-1887). This species is a native to the coastal regions of Mexico and also breeds in the southernmost tip of Texas. The print is one of a pair handsomely presented in in gilt frames. The other is Cyanomyia cyanocollis, commonly known as the Azure-crowned Hummingbird. Regularly $3,500, the pair; sale price $2,975. More information.
REAL NIGHT OWLS
A handsome pair of detailed original watercolor studies of owls by John Gerrard Keulemans (1842-1912) one of the pre-eminent European bird artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One owl is perched on a branch, the other on a stone ledge. They are framed in rustic style, painted, distressed wood frames with dark fillets. Regularly $6,250, but in deference to World Wildlife Day, $5,300, the pair. More information.
EVEN MOOR BIRDS
A mezzotint of two moor hens shows their typical behavior in their natural environment of the marshy waters of a lake. One paddles in the water while the other is somewhat whimsically portrayed upended, feeding in the water with its head submerged and the motion of its waving feet echoed by the marsh grasses. The print is skillfully engraved by the eminent British artist Charles A.E. Turner, with a rich and subtle tonal range. Regularly $750, now $650. More information.
LEMON TREE, VERY PRETTY
IMMORTALITY WITH LEMONS
Lemon trees provide food, shelter and nesting sites for various wild animals and insects. Early varieties dating to the mid 17th century are beautifully rendered in Giovanni Battista Ferrari’s Hesperides, or Concerning the Cultivation and Uses of the Golden Apples — a reference to the Greek goddess Hera's mythical, idyllic orchard located at the western edge of the world, famous for producing fruits that granted immortality. Shown here is one of a set of six, each in a fabulous custom gold leaf frame with custom corners. Regularly $1,500 each, sale price $1,250 each. We also offer unframed prints from this series. More information.
BIZZARIA OF FLORENCE
What do you get when you cross a Florentine citron with a sour orange? Bizzarria of Florence of course. This fruit is featured in one of two early 18th-century German botanical lemon prints from Volckamer’s Nurnbergische Hesperides, The companion print is a lemon shown in a landscape view of the garden of one Doctor Schober. In fabulous custom frames, specially priced $3,500 the pair. We also offer unframed prints from this series. More information.
ANIMAL MAGNETISM — MAPS OF IRRESISTIBLE APPEAL
EAGER BEAVERS OF OREGON
A pair of beavers decorate the cartouche of a rare pictorial map of Oregon by Doris Wildman (American Association of University Women: 1929). The rich wildlife of the state is represented in images of buffalo, bears, and even a seahorse. This rare map is particularly desirable as an example the work of a woman cartographer. Regularly $2,250, now $1,850. More information.
HAVE A WHALE OF A TIME IN NANTUCKET
The local flora and fauna of Nantucket are illustrated in Ruth Haviland Sutton’s pictorial map of Nantucket, originally issued in 1946 and later revised. Notably, it features whales as part of a heavily themed, nostalgic focus on the island's maritime and whaling history. Illustrations include an oversized "Nantucket Whaleship," and whales and traditional ships in the surrounding waters. Priced $1,350 this March, leaving enough time to get it ready for the summer house this year. More information.