Blue Jay (Plate CII) Corvus cristatus

AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BY ROBERT HAVELL Blue Jay (Plate CII) Corvus cristatus engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1830, on J Whatman watermark 1833, with margins very slightly trimmed, the colors slightly attenuated (primarily the pink and yellow), pale light- and time staining, occasional pinpoint foxmarks and soft handling creases, a minute accretion in the center subject, a soft vertical crease in the upper left subject, short tears and minute paper losses in places at the sheet edges, otherwise in good condition, framed P. 25½ x 20¼ in. (648 x 514 mm.) S. 38 x 25¼ in. (965 x 641 mm.)