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Lot 122
Sale 5724 - Books and Manuscripts
Feb 17, 2022
5:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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[Prints] Audubon, John James Loggerhead Shrike
London: R. Havell, 1829. Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching; on J. Whatman Turkey Mill watermarked paper, dated 1828. Engraved, printed, and colored by R. Havell after J.J. Audubon’s watercolor. Elephant folio, 39 1/8 x 26 1/4 in. (99 x 66 cm). Sheet lightly toned; scattered spotting; scattered short closed tears along edges. In mat and in frame, 42 3/4 x 34 in. (108 x 86 cm).
Plate 57 from Audubon's The Birds of America (London, 1827-38). A lovely example.