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Property from the Tobin Foundation for Theatre Arts
AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
BY ROBERT HAVELL
Ruby-throated Humming Bird (Plate 47), from The Birds of America Trochilus Colubris
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AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
BY ROBERT HAVELL
Ruby-throated Humming Bird (Plate 47), from The Birds of America
Trochilus Colubris
engraving with aquatint and hand-coloring, 1828, on J. Whatman, with margins, pale light- and time staining, occasional pale foxing and staining on the reverse (slightly showing through), soft rippling in the margins, minor surface soiling mostly at the extreme margin edges, a ¼-in. repaired vertical tear at the lower left margin edge, another tiny tear at the center of the upper margin edge, old glue remains and associated staining at the reverse of the upper margin corners, otherwise in very good condition, framed
P. 26 x 20¾ in. (660 x 526 mm.)
S. 38 x 25½ in. (965 x 647 mm.)
BY ROBERT HAVELL
Ruby-throated Humming Bird (Plate 47), from The Birds of America
Trochilus Colubris
engraving with aquatint and hand-coloring, 1828, on J. Whatman, with margins, pale light- and time staining, occasional pale foxing and staining on the reverse (slightly showing through), soft rippling in the margins, minor surface soiling mostly at the extreme margin edges, a ¼-in. repaired vertical tear at the lower left margin edge, another tiny tear at the center of the upper margin edge, old glue remains and associated staining at the reverse of the upper margin corners, otherwise in very good condition, framed
P. 26 x 20¾ in. (660 x 526 mm.)
S. 38 x 25½ in. (965 x 647 mm.)