Edouard Travies (1809-1869) Pair Of Large Engravings

Pair of 19th century aquatint prints from the Napoleon III period signed TRAVIES (Edouard Traviès 1809-1869) Paris Dusacq & Cie 14 boulevart de Poissonnière - Becquet printer in Paris. Hunting compositions in trompe-l'oeil inscribed on a woodwork background representing respectively "The draine, the blackbird, the large great great charcoal and the red throat" and "The field thrush, the greenfinch, the moineau-franc and the pinçon" . Original frames in black lacquered wood highlighted with a gold leaf border. In the same format they each measure 64 cm X 47.5 cm. Edouard Traviès (Doullens 1809-Paris 1869) is a French painter and illustrator specializing in the representation of wild animals and insects, he exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1831 to 1866. Quickly recognized as one of the most skillful animal painters of his time, he received many orders as illustrators in particular: -Buffon: Complete works. -Buffon: The most remarkable birds for their shapes and colors, various scenes of their manners and habits. Paris London 1857. -Alphonse Toussenel: Hunting birds M. d'Esterno Du vol des oiseaux Paris 1864. -Rémond: Illustrated alphabet of animals 1858. -Alcide d'Orbigny: Ornithological gallery, or Collection of birds of Europe, described by Alcide d'Orbigny, drawn from nature by Edouard Traviès. Paris, Armand Robin, 1836. During his lifetime, his most sought-after works depicted birds living in their natural environment, an exercise in which he excelled. Today, amateurs and collectors have somewhat abandoned this part of his work to take an interest in these still lifes "with a bird" whose series of twelve lithographs were produced for the Hunter's Museum. Thus Traviès appears as one of the greatest animal artists of the mid-19th century and his works are still marked by great fidelity to the model.