John James Audubon (American, 1785–1851), Loggerhead Shrike, Havell Edition

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Hand-colored engraving with etching and aquatint, London: Havell, 1827-38, Plate LVII, with J. Whatman watermark at left, matted and framed.

Sheet size 38 1/4 x 25 in.; Frame dimensions 40 x 26 3/4 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

A beautiful, crisp, and saturated impression on an overall clean sheet; some general sheet wear, including several foxing marks and few minor margin nicks; sheet loose but hinged with tape around sheet edge perimeter.