Great American Hen & Young. Vulgo, Female Wild Turkey (Plate VI) Meleagris gallopavo Variant 2

AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851) BY WILLIAM HOME LIZARS (1788-1859) AND ROBERT HAVELL (1793-1878) Great American Hen & Young. Vulgo, Female Wild Turkey (Plate VI) Meleagris gallopavo Variant 2 engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1829, on J Whatman Turkey Mill watermark 1828, trimmed just within the platemark, the colors slightly attenuated, pale light- and time staining, minor surface soiling, pale stains and a few short tears and minor losses in places at the sheet edges (a few made-up or repaired), a small unobtrusive abrasion near the lower right sheet edge, otherwise in good condition, framed S. 25¾ x 38¼ in. (654 x 972 mm.)