Books and Manuscripts

London: R. Havell, 1837. Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J. Whatman watermarked paper, dated 1837. Engraved, printed, and colored by R. Havell after J.J. Audubon’s watercolor. Repaired 1 1/4 in. short-closed tear at bottom edge; spotting in image, bottom left; light soiling along edges. 38 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (97 x 65 cm). In mat and in frame, 42 1/2 x 31 3/4 in. (108 x 81 cm). Low, p. 187

Plate CCCLXVII from Audubon's The Birds of America (London, 1827-38). "Painting and plate depict a female, above, and a male, below, in a branch of Pacific Dogwood." (Susanne M. Low, A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America, p. 187)

A handsome example.