Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Plate 66) Picus Principalis

细节

AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
BY ROBERT HAVELL & SON
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Plate 66)
Picus Principalis
engraving with aquatint and hand-coloring, 1829, on J. Whatman dated 1829, with full margins, restored losses, tears and creases along the margin edges (some extending into image), a diagonal loss in the upper right corner, pale light- and mat staining, areas of foxing and staining on the reverse, otherwise in good condition, framed
P. 38¼ x 25½ in. (970 x 646 mm.)
S. 39½ x 26½ in. (1002 x 671 mm.)

拍品专文

Thought to be extinct for at least 50 years, an ivory-billed woodpecker sighting recently occurred in a Louisiana swamp. A team of scientists, experts and ornithologists have begun an expedition to comb the Pearl River Management Area confirming their existence.