Description: After John James Audubon (American 1827-1838)
Whip-poor-will
(Plate LXXXII)
Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, 1837, engraved and colored by R. Havell; with
J. Whatman 1837 watermark u.r., light toning to outer margins, possibly cleaned, hinged to matting with archival tape at u.r. and u.l. Framed.*
Sight size: 660 x 508 mm (26 x 20 in)Property of Various Owners
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Notes: Provenance: Purchased by the Reference and Research Fund of the Municipal Archives of the City of New York, October 1985 Acquired from the above by present owner