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Copperplate for Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), Little Owl (Athene noctua), Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), and Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Havell plate no. 432 in John James Audubon's "Birds of America"
Copperplate for Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), Little Owl (Athene noctua), Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), and Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Havell plate no. 432 in John James Audubon's "Birds of America"
Artist/Maker (English, 1793 - 1878)
After (1785 – 1851)

Copperplate for Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), Little Owl (Athene noctua), Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), and Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Havell plate no. 432 in John James Audubon's "Birds of America"

19th century
copper, nickel plated
Overall: 22 x 26 1/2 in. ( 55.9 x 67.3 cm )
Purchase, Irving S. Olds Fund
1960.21
DescriptionPlate for the engraving of the Burrowing owl and Little owl
Markingsinscriptions: stamped on back 4 corners: PONTIFEX & STILES/23 L... STREET SOHO/LONDON
ClassificationsARTISTS' TOOLS & EQUIPMENT