Sale 2729
New York
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25 September 2013
Price realised
USD 16,250
Estimate
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BY ROBERT HAVELL Frigate Pelican (Plate CCLXXI) Tachypetes aquilus engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1835, on J Whatman watermark 1836, framed S. 37½ x 25 1/8 in. (953 x 638 mm.)
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