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Lot 125
Sale 5724 - Books and Manuscripts
Feb 17, 2022
5:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$1,512
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Lot Description
[Prints] Audubon, John James Small Green Crested Fly Catcher
London: R. Havell, 1832. Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J. Whatman Turkey Mill watermarked paper, dated 1832. Engraved, printed, and colored by R. Havell after J.J. Audubon’s watercolor. Elephant folio, 38 7/8 x 25 7/8 in. (99 x 66 cm). Margins slightly trimmed and lightly to moderately toned; likely professionally washed. In mat and in frame, 41 1/2 x 31 1/4 in. (105 x 79 cm).
Plate CXLIV from Audubon's The Birds of America (London, 1827-38). A handsome example.