Audubon, John James “Frigate Pelican Man of War Bird.” Pl. 421

John James Audubon.  Plate 421.  “Frigate Pelican Man of War Bird.”  From The Birds of America.  New York: George R. Lockwood, ca. 1875.  Royal octavo.  Sheet: ca. 6 1/2 x 10 ¼.  Lithograph, printed with color.  Old tape glue stain in top margin.  Else, fine good condition.  John James Audubon, known both for his romantic life and his superb prints, is the most famous of all American natural history artists.  For his pioneering travel around the United States in search of new subjects in the wild, his lifelike and dramatic style, and his monumental works on the birds and quadrupeds of North America, Audubon is, perhaps, also the greatest American natural history artist.  Beginning in 1827, Audubon began to issue the prints for his monumental The Birds of America, which when completed ran to a total of 435 double elephant folio prints.  Because of the continued strong demand for these prints, Audubon had smaller, octavo size editions of these prints issued.  These were produced with th