After John James Audubon (1785-1851)
WHITE-HEADED EAGLE
Hand-colored aquatint, engraving and etching by R. Havell, on J. Whatman paper dated 1831, plate CXXVI from The Birds of America, framed.
Sheet 39 1/8 x 26 inches
Sold for $5,938
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
After John James Audubon (1785-1851)
WHITE-HEADED EAGLE
Hand-colored aquatint, engraving and etching by R. Havell, on J. Whatman paper dated 1831, plate CXXVI from The Birds of America, framed.
Sheet 39 1/8 x 26 inches
Pale lightstain, matstain, some foxing, rippling at left and right sheet edges, unobtrusive handling creases, some other creasing including a faint diagonal crease from bottom right sheet corner extending through the image (not discernible in the image), a few nicks and repaired tears at sheet edges (longest tear 1 1/2 inch at bottom sheet edge), pinholes at sheet corners (one bottom left with associated small tears), with Commonwealth Print Conservation, Boston label on back of frame.
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Auction: American Paintings & Prints, Nov 2, 2021