Mangrove Humming Bird,/ TROCHILUS MANGO./ Males, 1. 2. 3. Females, 4. 5./ Tecoma grandiflora.
Prints and Maps
Robert Havell Jr. (Engraver, printer and colorist)
John James Audubon (Designer, draftsman, and publisher)
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
1833
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
1959.0162.095
Object Number1959.0162.095 |
Print (Aquatint)
Mangrove Humming Bird,/ TROCHILUS MANGO./ Males, 1. 2. 3. Females, 4. 5./ Tecoma grandiflora.
Prints and Maps
Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer
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).
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Plate engraved, printed and colored by Havell in London.
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
Presumably painted by Audubon in Boston in July or August, 1832. He received skins for this species from Rev. John Bachman of Charleston in July 1832.
1833
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, 1833.
Zoological illustration
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
38.1 (H) , 25.6 (W) , 17.2 (Image H) , 12.7 (Image W)
96.9 (H) , 65 (W) , 17.2 (Image H) , 12.7 (Image W)
H at left. W at top. Plate H: 18.1 in. (46.1 cm). Plate W: 13.5 in. (34.4 cm).
Audubon, John James
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
I
Top left (sideways): "J WHATMAN/ 1834"
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; variant plate legend is Mangrove Humming Bird,/ TROCHILUS MANGO./ Males, 1. 2. 3. Females, 4. 5./ Bignonia grandiflora [both plates dated 1833].
Text available soon.
[Book] Low, Susanne M. 2002 A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America.
• Plate listed on p. 116.