VARIOUS PROPERTIES
The following six lots are from the Havell edition of The Birds of America. The descriptive heading below applies to each of these lots. Individual titles are listed by common name and plate number as they appear on the plate.
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.
After JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
Details
After JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
Great horned Owl, Plate 61
aquatint and engraving with hand-coloring, on J. Whatman Turkey Mill dated 1828, an early variant recorded by Fries, with margins, very pale staining and creasing showing mostly at the sheet edges, several tears (one backed) at the sheet edges, very pale staining on the reverse, framed
S. 38 7/8 x 26 1/4in. (984 x665mm.)
Great horned Owl, Plate 61
aquatint and engraving with hand-coloring, on J. Whatman Turkey Mill dated 1828, an early variant recorded by Fries, with margins, very pale staining and creasing showing mostly at the sheet edges, several tears (one backed) at the sheet edges, very pale staining on the reverse, framed
S. 38 7/8 x 26 1/4in. (984 x665mm.)