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    • AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BY RO
    Lot 222

    AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
    BY ROBERT HAVELL

    Stanley Hawk (Plate XXXVL)
    Falco stanleii

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    USD 4,375

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    USD 2,000 - USD 4,000

    This lot is offered without a reserve

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    AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
    BY ROBERT HAVELL
    Stanley Hawk (Plate XXXVL)
    Falco stanleii
    engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1835, on J Whatman Turkey Mill watermark 1834, with narrow margins (trimmed), the colors attenuated, light-staining, scattered foxing throughout, numerous tears (some repaired) and paper losses (some made-up) along the sheet edges, framed
    P. 38½ x 25¾ in. (978 x 654 mm.)
    S. 39½ x 27 in. (1003 x 686 mm.)

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