Museum Object Number1959.0162.057 |
Print (Aquatint)
Fox-coloured Sparrow./ FRINGILLA ILIACA,/ Male 1. Female 2.
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.
United States, North America
Possibly painted by Audubon in 1824.
1831
1. Inscription ; Lower left; Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon F.R.S. F.L.S.
2. Inscription; Lower right; Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell J.\r London_1831.
Zoological illustration
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
25.4 (H) , 38.1 (W) , 10.96 (Image H) , 18 (Image W)
64.6 (H) , 96.9 (W) , 10.96 (Image H) , 18 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H: 12.2 in. (31.0 cm). Plate W: 19.4 in. (49.4 cm).
Audubon, John James
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
I
Upper right: "WHATMAN"
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).
Text available soon.
[Book] Low, Susanne M. 2002 A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America.
• Plate listed on p. 89.