AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851), BY ROBERT HAVELL (1793-1878)
Fulmar Petrel (Plate CCLXIV)
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AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851), BY ROBERT HAVELL (1793-1878)
Depicts a solitary male on a rock in the sea, with summer plumage. Audubon sketched this bird "off the coast of Newfoundland during a journey from England to America in August, 1831, but did not make the painting [that this engraving is based upon] until later" (Low, p.145).
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In addition to the catalogue description, with margins (the lower edge slightly uneven), pale uneven toning to the sheet edges, occasional short nicks in places on the upper sheet edge, occasional pale areas of surface soiling in places in the margins, very occasional pinpoint foxmarks and rustmarks in places in the margins, otherwise in generally good condition, framed
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Fulmar Petrel (Plate CCLXIV)AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851), BY ROBERT HAVELL (1793-1878)Estimate: USD 1,200 - 1,800
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