JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (AFTER)) | Great Cinereous Owl (Plate CCCLI)

Hand-colored aquatint, engraving and etching, 1837, by R. Havell, on wove paper with the J Whatman 1837 watermark, framed

Kenneth Nebenzahl, Chicago, Illinois, 1970;
Vogel Collection no. 90.

In good condition apart from a long diagonal flattened crease at upper left, not affecting the bird's head. Unevenly trimmed and with some nicks along the disbound edge. A very small, inconspiocuous spot of soiling in the cloud at lower left. Slight discoloration at the edges and faint offprinting on the verso.
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