ÉDOUARD TRAVIÈS

A set of 10 studies of exotic birds

ÉDOUARD TRAVIÈS (DOULLENS 1809-1876 PARIS)


Exotic birds: Mexican parrotlet and Painted conure; Emerald cuckoo and Citron-throated Toucan; Green-winged king parrot and Monk parakeet; and Hoopoe, Blue crowned motmot, and Groove-billed ani


All signed and dated 'Edouard Traviés p.t 1834.'


Pencil, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash, bodycolor, framing lines in pencil


Each approximately 6 ¾ x 4 in. (17 x 10 cm.)

Four framed together (4)

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Édouard Traviès (Doullens 1809 – 1876 Paris)

Exotic birds: Mexican parrotlet and Painted conure; Emerald cuckoo and Citron-throated Toucan; Greenwinged king parrot and Monk parakeet; and Hoopoe, Blue crowned motmot, and Groove-billed ani; Studies of birds: Great blue tauraco; Paradise riflebird and Blue-throated bee eater; Long-tailed hummingbird, Crimson topaz hummingbird, and Green-throated mango hummingbird; Collared trogon and White-tailed trogon; Long-tailed glossy starling and Common mynah; Common kingfisher, Common paradise kingfisher, and Yellow-billed kingfisher; Purple glossy starling, Thrush, and Antwren; White plume antbird and Cock of the rock; Pine grosbeak, Lined seedeater, and Diademed tanager; and Eastern meadow lark, Starling, and Pied starling

All signed ‘Edouard Traviés p.t’ and dated between 1833-25

Pencil, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash, bodycolor, framing lines in pencil

Each approximately 6 ¾ x 4 in. (17 x 10 cm.)

Fourteen (14)