VELVET DUCK (PLATE CCXLVII)

White-winged Scoter, "Melanitta deglandi" JW 36 fine, fresh, brilliantly colored impression, slight offprint showing through on recto 20 3/4 by 30 1/8 in.; 527 by 767 mm. Based on a composition probably painted in Eastport, Maine in May, 1833.