JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (AFTER) | BLUE CRANE, OR HERON (PLATE CCCVII)

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (AFTER)
BLUE CRANE, OR HERON (PLATE CCCVII)

Hand-colored aquatint, engraving and etching, 1836, by R. Havell, on wove paper with the J Whatman 1837 watermark, framed
sheet: 640 by 965 mm 25¼ by 38 in

Condition Report:
With wide margins, the print is in good condition except the colors are very slightly attenuated and there is faint mat-stain and minor surface soiling in the margins. Occasional pale fox marks and inconspicuous handling creases scattered throughout the sheet. Three small hinge remnants and two spots of tape-stain along the upper sheet edge on the verso.

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