Sale 1395
New York
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25 June 2004
Price realised
USD 2,390
Estimate
Pewit Flycather (Plate CXX) Eastern Phoebe, Sayornis phoebe Variant 1 Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J Whatman dated 1831, a few soft creases, a pale foxmark in the lower margin just below the platemark, a small hole in the upper left margin corner, minor surface soiling and a few short tears at the margin edges, otherwise in very good condition. Plate: 19 5/8 x 12 3/8 in. (499 x 314 mm) Sheet: 39 5/8 x 26 5/8 in. (1007 x 676 mm)
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