Lot 43
  • 43

Audubon, John James

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 USD
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Description

Rice Bird and Cuvier's Wren, male



2 handcolored engraved plates with etching and aquatint (38 x 23  3/4  in; 967 x 603 mm), extracted from The Birds of America (London, 1827–1838), after Audubon by Robert Havell, numbered plate liv and plate 55Good impressions with fresh coloring, generous margins; very soft vertical crease on plate 54.  Floated and glazed in handsome gilt frames.