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)