Sale 1395
New York
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25 June 2004
Price realised
USD 15,535
Estimate
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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