Sale 1617
New York
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20 - 21 January 2006
Price realised
USD 78,000
Estimate
AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BY ROBERT HAVELL Snowy Owl (Plate CXXI) Nyctea scandiaca hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J Whatman Turkey Mill dated 1831, with margins (left and/or right possibly slightly trimmed), minor surface soiling, a few foxmarks, a 1½-in. tear in the lower left margin (not extending into the image and with old tape remains on the reverse), pale mat staining, otherwise in good condition, framed P. 38 x 25 in. (965 x 635 mm.) . S. 39½ x 26 in. (1003 x 660 mm.)
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