AUDUBON OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER ENGRAVING, SOTHEBYS

Unframed engraving with aquatint and hand coloring, "Olive-sided Flycatcher, Muscicapa Cooperi. Male 1. Female 2. Pinus Babamea. Fir balsam.," plate CLXXIV(174), from "The Birds of America," after J.J. Audubon (John James Audubon, American, 1785-1851), engraved, printed, and colored by R. Havell (Robert Havell, Jr., English, 1793-1878), watermark in upper left quadrant "J. Whatman 1838," plate: approx 19.5"h, 12.25"w, sheet: approx 38"h, 25.5"w **Provenance: purchased by the City of New York in 1850 from the family of John James Audubon; Sotheby's, John James Audubon: The Birds of America, New York, October 1985, lot #174, accompanied by certificate of provenance signed by Mayor Edward Irving Koch.** Start Price: $250.00
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