AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Red-Breasted Nuthatch. Plate CV. Hand-colored aquatint and engraved plate from Audubon's Birds of America, on wove paper watermarked: "J Whatman/1836." 37 1/2x25 1/4 inches sheet size, binding edge at left; offset ghost of the following plate (Black Vulture) lightly bleeding through to the recto, otherwise extremely fine. Provenance: Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, sold by Christie's September 14-15, 1987. London: Robert Havell, [1831]
