Object Number 1959.0162.074

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

Golden-crowned Thrush,/ TURDUS AUROCAPILLUS. Wils Male 1 Female 2 Woody Nightshade. Solanum Dulcamara.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer

Creator (Role)

Robert Havell Jr. (Engraver, printer and colorist)
1793-1878
Engraver, printer, and colorist for many of the plates of Audubon's Birds of America.

John James Audubon (Designer, draftsman, and publisher)
04/26/1785-01/27/1851
Works include Birds of America (1827-38) and Vivaparus Quadrupeds of North America (1845-51).

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

Plate engraved, printed and colored by Havell in London.

Secondary Place of Origin

New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Painted by Audubon in May 1829. He wrote on the painting: "New Jersey May."

Date

1832

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

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

Subjects

Zoological illustration

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

38.9 (H) , 25.4 (W) , 18.8 (Image H) , 11.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

98.8 (H) , 64.6 (W) , 18.8 (Image H) , 11.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at bottom. Plate H: 19.6 in. (49.7 cm). Plate W: 12.2 in. (31.1 cm).

Publisher Summary

Audubon, John James

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Edition Notes

From the first edition double-elephant folio of John James Audubon, The Birds of America (London: J. J. Audubon, 1827-39).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Low, Susanne M. 2002 A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America.
• Plate listed on p. 101.