Lot 998
  • 998

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (AFTER)) | Fish Hawk (Plate 81)

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • John James Audubon
  • Fish Hawk (Plate 81)
  • sheet: 995 by 663 mm 39 1/8 by 26
Hand-colored aquatint, engraving and etching, 1830, by R. Havell Junr, on wove paper with the J Whatman 1830 watermark, framed

Provenance

Milwaukee Auction Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1969;
Vogel Collection no. 65.1.

Condition

With margins, in good condition apart from slight mat-stain within the plate mark, not affecting the image. Two tack holes in the lower edge. Some slight soiling in the background and edges. Brown paper tape along the sheet edges. Minor surface soiling on the verso.
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