$1,512
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Auction: February 17, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
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.
Wunderlich & Co., New York