Museum Object Number1959.0162.042 |
Print (Aquatint)
Tyrant Fly-catcher/ MUSCICAPA TYRANNUS, Briss 1.M. & 2.Female,/ Cotton-wood, Populus candicans.
Prints and Maps
Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer
Robert Havell Jr. (Engraver, printer and colorist)
John James Audubon (Designer and draftsman)
Engraver, printer, and colorist for many of the plates of Audubon's Birds of America.Works include Birds of America (1827-38) and Vivaparus Quadrupeds of North America (1845-51).
179304/26/1785
187801/27/1851
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Plate engraved, printed and colored by Havell in London.
Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
Audubon wrote on the painting: "April 10, 1822."
1831-1839
1. Inscription; Bottom left beneath image; Drawn from Nature and Published by John J. Audubon, F.R.S. F.L.S.
2. Inscription; Bottom right beneath image; Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell.
Zoological illustration
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Aquatint, Etched, Hand colored, Painted
38.2 (H) , 25.6 (W) , 18.5 (Image H) , 11.8 (Image W)
97.1 (H) , 65 (W) , 18.5 (Image H) , 11.8 (Image W)
Plate H: 19.5 in. (49.5 cm). Plate W: 12.3 in. (31.2 cm).
Audubon, John James
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
II
"J WHATMAN 1832"
Hand colored with watercolors
From the first edition double-elephant folio of John James Audubon, The Birds of America (London: J. J. Audubon, 1827-39). Plate legend varies; first state [1830] plate legend is N.\o 16 PLATE 79./ Tyrant Flycatcher, Male 1. F. 2./ MUSCICAPA TYRANNUS,/ Plant Cotton Wood,/ Populus candicans.
Text available soon.
[Book] Low, Susanne M. 2002 A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America.
• Plate listed on pp. 74-75.