Lot 23
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AUDUBON, John James. Marsh Tern. Hand-colored aquatint, etching and engraving by R. Havell, 1838, paper watermarked J. Whatman 1837, plate CCCCX from The Birds of America, a few scattered foxmarks, a few very soft handling creases in the margins, otherwise in good condition, with good margins, sheet 959 x 642 mm. Framed.
AUDUBON, John James. Marsh Tern. Hand-colored aquatint, etching and engraving by R. Havell, 1838, paper watermarked J. Whatman 1837, plate CCCCX from The Birds of America, a few scattered foxmarks, a few very soft handling creases in the margins, otherwise in good condition, with good margins, sheet 959 x 642 mm. Framed.

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AUDUBON, John James. Marsh Tern. Hand-colored aquatint, etching and engraving by R. Havell, 1838, paper watermarked J. Whatman 1837, plate CCCCX from The Birds of America, a few scattered foxmarks, a few very soft handling creases in the margins, otherwise in good condition, with good margins, sheet 959 x 642 mm. Framed.

Provenance: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (sale, Sotheby's New York, 25 April 1996, lot 741).

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