GREAT ESQUIMAUX CURLEW (PLATE CCXXXVII)

Whimbrel, "Numenius phacopus hudsonicus" JW 36 fine, fresh impression, slight foxing, faint offprint visible in the margins of the recto 20 5/8 by 25 3/4 in.; 525 by 655 mm. Based on a composition painted in Louisiana in 1821.