Black Vulture or Carrion Crow (Pl. CVI), from The Birds of America Cathartes atratus
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AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
BY ROBERT HAVELL
Black Vulture or Carrion Crow (Pl. CVI), from The Birds of America Cathartes atratus
engraving with aquatint and hand-coloring, 1831, on J. Whatman, with margins at the left and right sides (trimmed to the upper and lower plate edges), two small abrasions in the crow, minor surface soiling and the palest light-staining, a 5/8-in tear at the lower left margin edge (backed, extending just into the image), a few small tears and creases in the margins, pale offsetting on the reverse, taped in areas along the reverse of the upper margin edge, otherwise in generally good condition, framed
S. 24 7/8 x 38 5/8 in. (631 x 981 mm.)
BY ROBERT HAVELL
Black Vulture or Carrion Crow (Pl. CVI), from The Birds of America Cathartes atratus
engraving with aquatint and hand-coloring, 1831, on J. Whatman, with margins at the left and right sides (trimmed to the upper and lower plate edges), two small abrasions in the crow, minor surface soiling and the palest light-staining, a 5/8-in tear at the lower left margin edge (backed, extending just into the image), a few small tears and creases in the margins, pale offsetting on the reverse, taped in areas along the reverse of the upper margin edge, otherwise in generally good condition, framed
S. 24 7/8 x 38 5/8 in. (631 x 981 mm.)