Large billed Puffin (Plate CCXCIII) Horned Puffin, <I>Fratercula corniculata</I> | Christie's

Sale 1395

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

New York

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25 June 2004

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Lot 293

Large billed Puffin (Plate CCXCIII)
Horned Puffin, Fratercula corniculata

Price realised

USD 4,780

Estimate

USD 8,000 - USD 12,000

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Large billed Puffin (Plate CCXCIII)
Horned Puffin, Fratercula corniculata
Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J Whatman dated 1836, palest offsetting showing through from the reverse, some very minor surface soiling, otherwise colors bright.
Plate: 14 11/16 x 20 5/16 in. (373 x 516 mm)
Sheet: 26½ x 39½ in. (672 x 1003 mm)
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