Downy Woodpecker (Plate CXII) Picus pubescens

AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BY ROBERT HAVELL Downy Woodpecker (Plate CXII) Picus pubescens engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1831, on J Whatman watermark 1831, with margins (trimmed), the colors slightly attenuated (primarily the red and yellow), light-, mat and time staining, occasional pale foxing and soft handling creases, staining and soiling in the margins, short tears and paper losses in places at the sheet edges P. 26 x 20 7/8 in. (660 x 530 mm.) S. 32 3/8 x 26½ in. (822 x 673 mm.)