Engraving with hand-coloring and etching by William H. Lizars (1788-1859), ca 1827, on J. Whatman paper dated 1826, 684 x 1007 mm sheet,  marginal chips and tears most with associated repairs verso, some minor marginal soiling, matted and framed.

VARIANT 1, engraved by Lizars, issued before Havell took over the project.  Only the first part, of Audubon’s Birds of America, comprising the first ten plates, exists in variants engraved by Lizars. After the first part was issued, Lizars’s colorists went on strike, and Havell was brought on to complete the project.  Low p.37 (Variant 1).