Museum Object Number1959.0162.090 |
Print (Aquatint)
White-crowned Pigeon,/ COLUMBA LEUCOCEPHALA./ Male, 1. Female, 2./ Cordia Sebestina.
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.
Indian Key, Monroe, Florida, South, United States, North America
Painted by Audubon in April 1832. Several Florida islands in different counties are named Indian Key.
1833
1. Inscription; Bottom left beneath image; Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon F.R.S.F.L.S.
2. Inscription; Bottom right beneath image; Engraved, Printed, & Coloured by R. Havell, London, 1833.
Zoological illustration
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
38.3 (H) , 25.4 (W) , 24.3 (Image H) , 19.9 (Image W)
97.2 (H) , 64.5 (W) , 24.3 (Image H) , 19.9 (Image W)
Plate H: 25.4 in. (64.5 cm). Plate W: 20.7 in. (52.7 cm).
Audubon, John James
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
II
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; variant plate legend records common name of bird as White Headed Pigeon [both plates dated 1833].
Text available soon.
[Book] Low, Susanne M. 2002 A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America.
• Plate listed on p. 113.