An engraving done by Robert Havell, Jr. from an original drawing by John James Audubon of four woodpeckers sitting on branches. The birds are numbered according to their sex and age and the key is at the center under the title. The frame is painted black with a gold painted inside edge.
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"Foster Brothers / 4 Park Square Boston / Factory 78 Summer St., Arlington / Massachusetts / Order No. 1128" (Printed label on reverse.)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P151
Reproduction of Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist)
Havell, Robert, Jr., 1793-1878 (Engraver)
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (Printer)
Foster Brothers (Dealer)
34 1/2 x 24 7/16 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.574
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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