Ivory Gull (Plate CCLXXXVII) Larus eburneus

AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BY ROBERT HAVELL Ivory Gull (Plate CCLXXXVII) Larus eburneus engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1835, on J Whatman watermark 1836, with margins (very slightly trimmed), the colors slightly attenuated, pale light-, mat and time staining, a few pinpoint foxmarks and soft handling creases, occasional pale staining and surface soiling in the margins, short tears and minor paper losses in places at the sheet edges, otherwise in good condition, framed P. 20 5/8 x 30 1/8 in. (524 x 765 mm.) S. 25 3/8 x 37 7/8 in. (645 x 962 mm.)