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Lot 241
Twelve (12) Ornithological Prints by Eleazar Albin (British, active 1713-1759)
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Engravings with hand-color on laid paper, 18th century, to include "The Stone Curlew," "The Red-Wing'd Sterling," "The Grey Plover," "The Ring Ouzell," "The Jacobine Pidgeon," "The Bee-eater," "Land Rail," "The Quail from the Cape of Good Hope," "The Green Plover," "The New England Partridge," "Quail," and "The Ruff," presented in matching custom gilt and painted frames with applied botanical decoration.

SS 11 x 8.75 in.; DOA 16.5 x 14.125 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, NC

With attached receipt from framing.

Some with scattered foxing and light toning; one examined out of frame.

$1,000 - 2,000