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    The Magnificent Sachsen-Meiningen Set of Audubon's Birds of

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    25 June 2004

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    • Frigate Pelican (Plate CCLXXI)
    Lot 271

    Frigate Pelican (Plate CCLXXI)
    Magnificent Frigatebird, Fregata magnificens

    Price realised

    USD 15,535

    Estimate

    USD 12,000 - USD 18,000

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    Frigate Pelican (Plate CCLXXI)
    Magnificent Frigatebird, Fregata magnificens
    Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J Whatman dated 1835, some light surface soiling, soft crease lower left hand corner.
    Plate: 38 7/8 x 25¼ in. (967 x 638 mm)
    Sheet: 39 3/8 x 26 9/16 in. (1000 x 674 mm)

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