Red-necked Grebe (Plate CCXCVIII) Podiceps rubricollis

AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BY ROBERT HAVELL Red-necked Grebe (Plate CCXCVIII) Podiceps rubricollis engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, 1836, on J Whatman watermark 1836, with wide margins, pale light-, mat and time staining, minor surface soiling, a few pale foxmarks, occasional scuffing and uneven discoloration, soft handling creases, a small accretion at the lower right plate edge, a few short tears in places at the margin edges, otherwise in good condition, framed P. 14¾ x 20 3/8 in. (375 x 518 mm.) S. 24 x 37¼ in. (610 x 946 mm.)