The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I

The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I

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William Hayes | Drawings of birds, sixty original watercolours, 1791-1792

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May 18, 05:10 PM GMT

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10,000 - 15,000 GBP

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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.