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PRINTS (Lots 1-33)
THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY, 2001
Starting at approximately 11.30 A.M. after Fine Prints from Audubon's 'Birds of America'
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, THE BIRDS OF AMERICA; FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, LONDON, J.J. AUDUBON, 1827-38, PRINTED BY WILLIAM LIZARS, ROBERT HAVELL SR., or ROBERT HAVELL JR.
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF
ANDREE BEAUCHAMP STEARNS
After JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851)
Wild Turkey. Meleagris gallopavo. (Plate VI)
Details
After JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851)
Wild Turkey. Meleagris gallopavo. (Plate VI)
engraving with aquatint and hand-coloring, 1820, on wove paper, Fries' third (final) state, trimmed within the platemark, paper loss at left edge of composition (tip of turkey's tail added), lettering partially added in another hand on support sheet, small tears and losses at the top sheet edge, laid down
S. 255/8 x 38¼ in. (650 x 972 mm.)
Wild Turkey. Meleagris gallopavo. (Plate VI)
engraving with aquatint and hand-coloring, 1820, on wove paper, Fries' third (final) state, trimmed within the platemark, paper loss at left edge of composition (tip of turkey's tail added), lettering partially added in another hand on support sheet, small tears and losses at the top sheet edge, laid down
S. 255/8 x 38¼ in. (650 x 972 mm.)