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AUDUBON, John James. Sharp-shinned Hawk (Plate CCCLXXIV). 1838.
Estimate: $1,000-$2,000
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Description

AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851).
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Plate CCCLXXIV)
Falco Velox, Wilson


Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching by R. Havell, from the Havell edition of The Birds of America, 1837, on J. Whatman paper dated 1838, 743 x 254 mm sheet, very light toning at margins, matted and framed. Low p.160.