Red-breasted Merganser (Plate CCCCL) Mergus serrator

AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BY ROBERT HAVELL Red-breasted Merganser (Plate CCCCL) Mergus serrator engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, 1838, on wove paper, trimmed within the platemark, the colors attenuated, surface soiling, occassional rubbing and scuffs, foxing and discoloration throughout, several touched-in areas at right, glue remains along the sheet edges, laid down to board, framed S. 25¼ x 37¾ in. (641 x 959 mm.)