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NH wings of snowy grandeur
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New Horizons - "Wings of Snowy Grandeur" by Robert H. Copple.
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$38.50
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| New Horizons - "Wings of Snowy Grandeur" by Robert H. Copple. Third issue in the series.
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New Horizons - "Wings of Snowy Grandeur" by Robert H. Copple. Third issue in the series. The Bradford Exchange, Production date 1995. Certificate of Authenticity. Plate Size approx 8 inches -- Suggested Retail $55.00
A harsh, wailing call slices through the snowy wilderness, reverberating eerily from the steep rock walls of an impenetrable arctic landscape. It is a gyrfalcon, talons poised for landing, calling to his mate who is already perched on the edge of a deeply fissured crag.
Ice, snow, and rocks: this is the remote realm of the imposing gyrfalcons—an environment so inhospitable to other animals and to humans that the safety of these enormous raptor birds is almost guaranteed.
In "Wings of Snowy Grandeur," third issue in the New Horizons collection, artist Robert R. Copple's impeccable Illusionary Images technique affords us a rare look at these birds of prey. Gyrfalcons are the largest and most powerful of falcons, 20 to 25 inches long, with wings that are not as sharply pointed as other falcons', and with rather long tails.
Their plumage—white with dark spotting and streaking with almost completely white underparts—perfectly blends with the stark colors of their frosty habitat, further ensuring their isolation and safety.
The creation of the fine collector's plate you have just acquired and whose authenticity is certified by this document is the result of work by an international cadre of skilled artisans. After the plate art was created in the United States, a fine ceramic transfer, incorporating pigments carefully chosen to faithfully re-create the vibrant beauty of the artist's original, was created in France and Germany and permanently fired into the fine Japanese porcelain plate body at more than 1,4600 Fahrenheit by talented craftsmen and craftswomen in the United States.
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