Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Ruffed Grouse

Description:

Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Ruffed Grouse, [from] Birds of America. London: Havell, 1838.
Hand-colored engraving, printed on Whatman paper with the Turkey Mill watermark, trimmed at the top edge, with loss to the uppermost parts of the highest pieces of vegetation: the stem with the dangling grapes and the grape leaf and stem just above the highest grouse's head; plate numbers also trimmed away, some faint streaks in the blank space between the leftmost grouse and the trillium, 24 1/2 x 37 3/4 in.
Estimate $5,000-7,000


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