(French/American, 1785–1851). Hand-colored engraving and aquatint. Passenger Pigeon, Plate LXII (62), from the double-elephant folio edition of The Birds of America, 1829. Inscribed “Plate 62” upper left and “No. 15” upper right. Titled below the image, “Passenger Pigeon. Male 1. F. 2. Columba Migratoria.” Lower left: “Drawn from Nature and Published by John J. Audubon”; lower right: “Engraved by R. Havell, Junr. / Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, Senr., London, 1829.” Sheet size: 36 1/2″ high x 24″ wide. In a high-quality modern black wooden frame under glass with gilt corner decoration measuring: 43 1/2″ high x 32 1/2″ wide. Provenance: Estate of Alfred J. Walker, legendary art dealer and collector. Founder of Walker-Cunningham Fine Art. Print was examined out of frame. It is on laid paper appropriate to the period but does not bear any watermark. Sheet shows: 2″ and 4″ tears in upper margin and 3″ and 2 1/2″ tears on left margin. Minor foxing.
