Trumpeter Swan (Plate CCCLXXVI) Cygnus buccinator
$500
AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
BY ROBERT HAVELL
Trumpeter Swan (Plate CCCLXXVI)
Cygnus buccinator
engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1837, on J Whatman watermark 1838, trimmed just within the platemark, the colors slightly attenuated (primarily the yellow and green), pale light- and time staining, occasional pale foxing and surface soiling, very minor rubbing near the engraved title, short tears and minor paper losses in places at the sheet edges, otherwise in good condition, framed
S. 25½ x 38 in. (648 x 965 mm.)
