Museum Object Number1959.0162.028 |
Print (Aquatint)
Ruby-throated Humming Bird./ TROCHILUS COLUBRIS. Linn./ Male 1. Female, 2. Young 3./ Trumpet-flower Bignonia Radicans.
Prints and Maps
Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer
Robert Havell Jr. (Engraver, printer and colorist)
John James Audubon (Designer and engraver)
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.
Louisiana, South, United States, North America
Probably painted by Audubon about 1825.
1831-1839
1. Inscription; Lower right; Engraved, Printed, & Coloured by R. Havell.
2. Inscription; Lower left; Drawn from Nature and Published by John J. Audubon, F.R.S. F.L.S.
Zoological illustration; Botanical illustration
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Aquatint, Etched, Hand colored, Painted
38.3 (H) , 25.7 (W) , 24.7 (Image H) , 20.3 (Image W)
97.2 (H) , 65.2 (W) , 24.7 (Image H) , 20.3 (Image W)
Plate H: 25.8 in. (65.6 cm). Plate W: 20.6 in. (52.3 cm).
Audubon, John James
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
II or III
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). Plate legend varies; two other variants are listed in Low (this one is not included).
Text available soon.
[Book] Low, Susanne M. 2002 A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America.
• Plate listed on p. 56.