Museum Object Number1959.0162.074 |
Print (Aquatint)
Golden-crowned Thrush,/ TURDUS AUROCAPILLUS. Wils Male 1 Female 2 Woody Nightshade. Solanum Dulcamara.
Prints and Maps
Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer
Robert Havell Jr. (Engraver, printer and colorist)
John James Audubon (Designer, draftsman, and publisher)
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.
New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Painted by Audubon in May 1829. He wrote on the painting: "New Jersey May."
1832
1. Inscription ; Bottom left beneath image; Drawn from Nature and Published by J.J. Audubon F,R,S. F,L,S.
2. Inscription; Bottom right beneath image; Engraved Printed & Coloured by R. Havell London.1832
Zoological illustration
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
38.9 (H) , 25.4 (W) , 18.8 (Image H) , 11.5 (Image W)
98.8 (H) , 64.6 (W) , 18.8 (Image H) , 11.5 (Image W)
H at right. W at bottom. Plate H: 19.6 in. (49.7 cm). Plate W: 12.2 in. (31.1 cm).
Audubon, John James
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
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none
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. 101.