Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Great Auk , Plate CCCXLI.

Description:

Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Great Auk, Plate CCCXLI. [from] The Birds of America. London: Havell, 1827-1838. Double elephant folio copper-plate engraving with aquatint and etching, on J. Whatman paper dated 1836, the sheet toned, rock in the foreground faded to a russet brown, small rust spots in the sky, tear and fold to right vertical blank margin, matted and framed, 38 x 25 in.
Property from the Estate of Stanley A. Leavy
Estimate $7,000-9,000


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