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Property from the Estate of James Thomas Flexner
AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
BY ROBERT HAVELL
Great horned-Owl (Plate 61), from The Birds of America Strix Virginiana
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AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
BY ROBERT HAVELL
Great horned-Owl (Plate 61), from The Birds of America
Strix Virginiana
engraving with aquatint and hand-coloring, 1829, on J. Whatman, with upper and lower margins, pale light- and time staining, occasional very minor surface soiling and foxing, several unobtrusive soft handling creases within the image, a softly shinned area at the lower left sheet edge just below the branch, a few small creases, tears and losses at the sheet corners (backed at the reverse of the upper left and lower right margin corners), a 1-in. diagonal tear at the upper left margin edge, otherwise in good condition
S. 38 x 25 1/16 in. (964 x 636 mm.)
BY ROBERT HAVELL
Great horned-Owl (Plate 61), from The Birds of America
Strix Virginiana
engraving with aquatint and hand-coloring, 1829, on J. Whatman, with upper and lower margins, pale light- and time staining, occasional very minor surface soiling and foxing, several unobtrusive soft handling creases within the image, a softly shinned area at the lower left sheet edge just below the branch, a few small creases, tears and losses at the sheet corners (backed at the reverse of the upper left and lower right margin corners), a 1-in. diagonal tear at the upper left margin edge, otherwise in good condition
S. 38 x 25 1/16 in. (964 x 636 mm.)