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Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2950BBoston
October 30, 2016 11:00 AMCalender
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Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Marsh Hawk , Plate CCCLVI.

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2950BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 30, 2016 11:00AM

Description:

Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Marsh Hawk, Plate CCCLVI. [from] The Birds of America. London: Havell, 1827-1838. Double elephant folio sheet, hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, matted and framed, 37 x 24 in.

Provenance: from the estate of Dr. James Woodward Wallace, Coolidge Hill, Cambridge, MA.
Estimate $500-700

J. Whatman 1837 watermark, the sheet mounted on heavier stock, the original sheet measures 37 1/2 x 24 3/4 in.


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James Woodward Wallace, London, Cambridge