AUDUBON JOHN JAMES White Ibis Plate CCXXII

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AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. White Ibis. Plate CCXXII. Hand-colored engraved and aquatint plate from the double-elephant folio edition of Audubon's Birds of America, bearing watermark: "JWhatman / Turkey Mill / 1834". On full folio sheet, 25x38 inches; very expertly closed short tear in the upper margin, just reaching the image. London: Havell, 1834

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From the text of the Ornithological Biography it can be assumed that Audubon based this image on birds he saw near Sandy Island off Cape Sable, Florida. He was there in the winter of 1831-32. Low, A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America, page 130.