Red backed Sandpiper (Plate CCXC)
Dunlin, Calidris alpina

Red backed Sandpiper (Plate CCXC) Dunlin, Calidris alpina

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Red backed Sandpiper (Plate CCXC)
Dunlin, Calidris alpina
Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J Whatman dated 1836, some very pale offsetting showing through from the reverse, a few tiny nicks at extremes.
Plate: 12 1/8 x 19 9/16 in. (308 x 497 mm)
Sheet: 26 5/8 x 39 5/8 in. (676 x 1007 mm)

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