AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (American, 1785-1851). KITTIWAKE GULL, Plate CCXXIV, hand-colored etching and aquatint by R. Havell, 1834. - Framed, plate: 12 1/3 in. x 19 1/2 in. Estimate $1,500-2,500
Good condition, Watermark "J. Whatman, 1836." Sheet size: 25 1/2 in. x 38 in. Full sheet, not trimmed, showing binding marks along top edge and gilt along 3 other edges. Minor soiling at bottom left corner, a few scattered foxing points in margins, dark spots, possibly ink smudges in upper left corner of image, some soft creases, especially in bottom margin, taped to backing at tip edge at either side.