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    Sale 1395

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

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    25 June 2004

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    • Red-shouldered Hawk (Plate 56)
    Lot 56

    Red-shouldered Hawk (Plate 56)
    Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo Lineatus
    Variant 1
    Engraved by R. Havell, Junr. Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, Senr. London__1829.

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    USD 14,340

    Estimate

    USD 15,000 - USD 20,000

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    Red-shouldered Hawk (Plate 56)
    Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo Lineatus
    Variant 1
    Engraved by R. Havell, Junr. Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, Senr. London__1829.
    Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J Whatman Turkey Mill dated 1828, a few pale stains in the lower margin, a tiny foxmark in the left margin, pale time staining at the upper margin edge, a few tiny marginal tears, otherwise in fine condition.
    Plate: 38 1/8 x 25 5/8 inches (968 x 651 mm.)
    Sheet: 39¼ x 26 5/16 inches (997 x 669 mm.)

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