Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Chestnut-sided Warbler, Plate 59.

Description:

Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Chestnut-sided Warbler,Plate 59. [from] The Birds of America, London: Havell for the Author, 1835.
Double elephant folio sheet, hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, framed, some spotting and foxing, colors faded; imprint of a pair of pliers and a pair of scissors in blank margin, spotting within the plate mark, the full sheet, framed and mounted, 38 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.

Provenance: From the Estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts.
Estimate $300-500


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