Object Number 1959.0162.148

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

Cayenne Tern,/ STERNA CAYA, Lath./ Male Adult, Spring plumage.

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

Florida, South, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Painted by Audubon on one of his two trips to Florida, November 1831 to March 1832, or spring 1832.

Date

1835

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

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, 1835.

Subjects

Zoological illustration

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

25.5 (H) , 38.3 (W) , 13.72 (Image H) , 18.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

64.8 (H) , 97.2 (W) , 13.72 (Image H) , 18.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at bottom. Plate H: 14.82 in. (37.65 cm). Plate W: 20.6 in. (52.3 cm).

Publisher Summary

Audubon, John James

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

Top left: "J WHATMAN/ 1835"

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. 149.