Engraving of two snowy owls on a blasted or dead tree trunk. Hand colored. Molded wooden frame with gilded gesso.
engravings (prints)
paper (fiber product)
engraving (printing process)
gesso
gilding
glass (material)
hand coloring
Hand Colored
Stipple Engraved
Owl
Engraving
"No. 25/PLATE,CXI./Drawn from nature by J. J. Audubon, F,R,S. F,L,S./Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, London/Snowy Owl, STRIX NYCTEA. Linn, Male,1. Female, 2." (printed)
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Havell, R. (Engraver)
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist)
London, England
41 1/4 x 28 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.518
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