Description:
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Boat-tailed Grackle, Plate CLXXXVII. [from] Birds of America. London: R. Havell, 1826-1838.
Hand-aquatinted copper-plate engraving, the sheet toned, with some spotting, the male grackle with strong blue coloring, matted and framed, 25 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. sight.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
The sheet measures 35 1/2 x 24 3/4 in., it is mounted on thin Japanese tissue, in support of some areas of breakage along the right margin.
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