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John James Audubon (After)

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Description

  • John James Audubon (after)
  • Red headed Woodpecker (Plate 27)
  • 640 by 547 mm 25 1/8 by 21 1/2 in
  • sheet 970 by 652 mm 38 1/8 by 25 5/8 in
Hand-colored engraving and aquatint, c. 1827, by R. Havell, on wove paper with the watermark J. Whatman Turkeymill 1827, with wide margins, in good condition apart from a central horizontal fold (backed with Japan, with associated discoloration), a parallel sharp crease extending across the sheet, surface soiling in the margins, a short tear at the upper sheet edge