John James Audubon (After)

Hand-colored engraving, etching and aquatint, 1837, by R. Havell, on wove paper with the J. Whatman 1838 watermark, framed

The sheet is trimmed almost to the plate, and the subject has been re-colored, most noticeably in the uneven blue background toward the bottom (colorist's error?). The sheet edges have traces of pale mat stain, there is a small, curved, repaired tear across the upper right corner, and several tiny nicks at left.
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