JOHN JAMES AUDUBON - "Golden Eagle (The Birds of America, no. 37, plate CLXXXI) - 1833 - Robert Havell after drawings by ornithologist John James Audubon. - Original watercolor etching and aquatint. Proof on vellum from the monumental first edition of The Birds of America (double-elephant folio format, London, 1827-1838, J. James Audubon). Very rare. - Dimensions: H: 970 x W: 658 mm. - Condition A-/B: Cuvette, right margin shortened (6 mm). Laminated leaf, slightly oxidized. 6.5 cm tear at top. Short tear at right edge, a second at lower edge, without affecting the subject. Lower left corner raised. Margins dusty (THEMATICS-CURIOSITY).