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Black Vulture (Plate CVI) Cathartes atratus
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AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
BY ROBERT HAVELL
Black Vulture (Plate CVI)
Cathartes atratus
engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, 1831, on J Whatman dated 1830, with margins, light-, mat and time staining, scattered foxing and reverse foxing, surface soiling, a small spot of surface debris at the upper center image, several nicks and tears at the sheet edges, a 6-in. tear at the central left sheet edge extending to ¼-in. from the wing tip (backed at the sheet edge), two 1-in. tears at the lower right and lower center sheet edges (one extending through the text, both backed), otherwise in good condition
P. 21 x 36¼ in. (533 x 921 mm.)
S. 24 x 37¾ in. (610 x 959 mm.)
BY ROBERT HAVELL
Black Vulture (Plate CVI)
Cathartes atratus
engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, 1831, on J Whatman dated 1830, with margins, light-, mat and time staining, scattered foxing and reverse foxing, surface soiling, a small spot of surface debris at the upper center image, several nicks and tears at the sheet edges, a 6-in. tear at the central left sheet edge extending to ¼-in. from the wing tip (backed at the sheet edge), two 1-in. tears at the lower right and lower center sheet edges (one extending through the text, both backed), otherwise in good condition
P. 21 x 36¼ in. (533 x 921 mm.)
S. 24 x 37¾ in. (610 x 959 mm.)