Museum Object Number1959.0162.121 |
Print (Aquatint)
Hooping Crane, GRUS AMERICANA. Adult Male.
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 Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
Painted by Audubon in late November 1821.
1834
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 1834.
Zoological illustration
Ink; Watercolor; Paper
Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
37.4375 (H) , 25 (W)
95.091 (H) , 63.5 (W)
Measurements by sight, in frame. H at left. W at bottom.
Audubon, John James
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
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). Two variant legends exist for this plate. The other reads: "Whooping Crane, GRUS AMERICANA. Adult Male."
Text available soon.
[Book] Low, Susanne M. 2002 A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America.
• Plate listed on p. 131.