Hooping Crane (Plate CCXXVI) Grus americana

AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BY ROBERT HAVELL Hooping Crane (Plate CCXXVI) Grus americana engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, 1834, on wove paper, trimmed within the platemark, the colors attenuated, pale light-staining, occasional scuffs and stains, a tear at the upper right corner affecting the text, a few nicks in places along the sheet edges (some with associated paper loss), scattered pinpoint foxing on the reverse, otherwise in good condition, framed S. 37 x 24 7/8 in. (940 x 632 mm.)