Sale 1617
New York
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20 - 21 January 2006
Price realised
USD 26,400
Estimate
AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BY ROBERT HAVELL The Mocking Bird (Plate 21) Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J Whatman Turkey Mill dated 1827, with full margins, minor surface soiling (mainly in the margins), a few minute foxmarks, several short tears along the margin edges, a 3¾-in. crease at the lower left margin edge, otherwise in good condition P. 33¼ x 23¾ in. (845 x 604 mm.) S. 39 1/8 x 26½ in. ( 993 x 673 mm.)
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