The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I
Auction Closed
May 18, 05:10 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
William Hayes
Sixty original watercolour drawings of birds. [1791-1792]
Large 4to (430 x 336mm.), 60 watercolour drawings with manuscript captions, nineteenth-century half morocco, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, repair to inner margin of one drawing, manuscript captions of some plates cropped, light dust-soiling at extremities, upper hinge cracked, extremities rubbed
This exceptional collection of sixty vibrantly coloured original ornithological illustrations was executed by the English bird artist, William Hayes (1729-1799). Hayes gained the patronage of George Henry Glasse and the Earl of Sandwich, who favoured his brightly coloured and exotic depictions of birdlife.