Sale 1617
New York
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20 - 21 January 2006
Price realised
USD 16,800
Estimate
AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BY ROBERT HAVELL White-headed Eagle (Plate XXXI) Bald Eagle, Falco leucocephalus hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J Whatman Turkey Mill dated 1828 laid down on linen, with narrow margins, surface soiling, time staining, a few scattered foxmarks, a 2-in. repaired tear at the upper right margin edge, a few minute nicks at the extreme margin edges, otherwise generally in good condition, framed P. 25 x 38½ in. (635 x 978 mm.) S. 25 3/8 x 38¾ in. (645 x 984 mm.)
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