Purple Finch/ FRINGILLA PURPUREA, Gmel,/ Male, 1.2. Female, 3./ Red Larch - Latrix americana.
Prints and Maps
William Home Lizars (Etcher)
Robert Havell Jr. (Printer and colorist)
John James Audubon (Designer, draftsman, and publisher)
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Midwest, United States, North America
1827-1839
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
1959.0162.003
Object Number1959.0162.003 |
Print (Aquatint)
Purple Finch/ FRINGILLA PURPUREA, Gmel,/ Male, 1.2. Female, 3./ Red Larch - Latrix americana.
Prints and Maps
Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer
William Home Lizars (Etcher)
1788-03/30/1859
Robert Havell Jr. (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).
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Plate retouched, printed and colored by Havell in London.
Midwest, United States, North America
Possibly painted by Audubon near the Great Lakes in 1824.
1827-1839
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, Jun.\r.
Zoological illustration
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
38.2 (H) , 25.6 (W)
97 (H) , 65 (W)
Measurements by sight, in frame. H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 20.3 in. (51.5 cm). Plate W: 12.3 in. (31.2 cm). No image measurements in conservation files.
Audubon, John James
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
III
Right: "J WHATMAN/ 1832"
Hand colored with watercolors
From Volume I of the first edition double-elephant folio of John James Audubon, The Birds of America (London: J. J. Audubon, 1827-39). Three variant legends exist for this plate. The two other legends are [both without aquatint]: 1.) PLATE IV. (centered top)/ Purple Finch./ FRINGILLA PURPUREA./ Plant Pinus pendula/ Engraved by W.H. Lizars Edin.\r; 2.) PLATE IV (centered top) Purple Finch./ FRINGILLA PURPUREA./ Plant Pinus pendula/ Vulgo Black Larch./ Engraved by W.H. Lizars Edin.\r.
Text available soon.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 345, pp. 484-5.
[Book] Low, Susanne M. 2002 A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America.
• Plate listed on p. 30.