Audubon, John James

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

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Description

Carolina Parrot, Psitacus Carolinensis (Plate 26), circa 1830
paper

Broadsheet, sheet size (960 x 630mm.), image size (840 x 600mm.), hand-coloured engraving with aquatint and etching by R. Havell after J.J. Audubon, watermarked "J. Whatman Turkey Mill" (no date visible), slight toning to paper, a few marginal repairs and nicks

Catalogue Note

A good example of one of the finest large-scale prints from Audubon's Birds of America.