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Blue Jay (Plate CII) Corvus cristatus
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AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
BY ROBERT HAVELL
Blue Jay (Plate CII)
Corvus cristatus
engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1830, on J Whatman watermark 1833, with margins very slightly trimmed, the colors slightly attenuated (primarily the pink and yellow), pale light- and time staining, occasional pinpoint foxmarks and soft handling creases, a minute accretion in the center subject, a soft vertical crease in the upper left subject, short tears and minute paper losses in places at the sheet edges, otherwise in good condition, framed
P. 25½ x 20¼ in. (648 x 514 mm.)
S. 38 x 25¼ in. (965 x 641 mm.)
BY ROBERT HAVELL
Blue Jay (Plate CII)
Corvus cristatus
engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1830, on J Whatman watermark 1833, with margins very slightly trimmed, the colors slightly attenuated (primarily the pink and yellow), pale light- and time staining, occasional pinpoint foxmarks and soft handling creases, a minute accretion in the center subject, a soft vertical crease in the upper left subject, short tears and minute paper losses in places at the sheet edges, otherwise in good condition, framed
P. 25½ x 20¼ in. (648 x 514 mm.)
S. 38 x 25¼ in. (965 x 641 mm.)
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Andrew Holter
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