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Virginian Partridge. Plate 76.

  • ARTIST: John James Audubon

  • MEDIUM: Etching and aquatint, handcolored,

    DATE: 1830.

  • EDITION SIZE: Paper size 24 13/16 x 37 9/16" (63 x 94.4 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Title continues Male adult 1. Young 2. Female adult 3. Young 4. Very young Birds 5. Drawn from nature by J. J. Audubon. Engraved, printed and Colored by Robert Havell, London. On J. Whatman watermarked paper. From "The Birds of America" published in London 1827-1838. <br><br>

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: One of Audubon's more dramatic images.

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color, save for soft printers crease in wing of hawk.

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