Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Tufted Puffin , Plate CCXLIX.

Description:

Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Tufted Puffin, Plate CCXLIX. [from] The Birds of America. London: Havell, 1827-1838. Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching on J. Whatman double-elephant folio wove paper with watermark dated 1835, variant with title as above (some are titled Tufted Auk); complete loss of color to beaks and ear tufts, legs of the foreground bird are pale blue, the sheet toned, with marginal water staining along bottom blank margin, and wavy crinkling along top and bottom edges, mat burn, fading, matted and framed, the sheet 29 3/4 x 24 3/4 in.
Estimate $800-1,200


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