Rough-legged Falcon (Plate CCCCXXII) Buteo lagopus

AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BY ROBERT HAVELL Rough-legged Falcon (Plate CCCCXXII) Buteo lagopus engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1838, with hand-coloring, on J Whatman, with margins (very slightly trimmed), the colors very slightly attenuated, pale light-, mat and time staining, a few pale pinpoint foxmarks and minor surface soiling, a few short tears and minor tape remains in places at the sheet edges, otherwise in good condition, framed P. 28½ x 25¾ in. (724 x 654 mm.) S. 38 x 25½ in. (965 x 648 mm.)