Original watercolor study prepared for figure VIII page 19 of
Published in Paris around 1695
This issue hasthe cancelled leaves D2-3 replacing the offensive passage regarding Richelieu
Claude Joseph Sauthier (1736-1802)
with another band of the same color
AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Carolina Pigeon or Turtle Dove, (Plate 17), 1827–1838 Cartographer_Charles Parsons Original watercolor study prepared forJOHN 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