John James Audubon — Trumpeter Swan (Plate CCCCVI) Cybnus buccinator

Trumpeter Swan (Plate CCCCVI) Cybnus buccinator

$500
AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON BY ROBERT HAVELL Trumpeter Swan (Plate CCCCVI) Cybnus buccinator engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, 1838, on J Whatman watermark 1838, with narrow margins (trimmed), light-, mat, and time staining, surface soiling, occasional scuffs and very minor scratches throughout, several foxmarks (primarily visible in the sky and in the swan's neck, wing and margins), tears and paper loss at the upper corners and along the upper sheet edge (backed), occasional fingerprints in the margins, soiling, staining, foxmarks and pencil notations on the reverse, framed P. 24¼ x 37¼ in. (616 x 946 mm.) S. 25 5/8 x 38 1/8 in. (651 x 968 mm.)