Kittiwake Gull,/ LARUS TRIDACTYLUS. L./ 1, Adult. 2, Young.
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
1834
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
1959.0162.119
Object Number1959.0162.119 |
Print (Aquatint)
Kittiwake Gull,/ LARUS TRIDACTYLUS. L./ 1, Adult. 2, Young.
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
Painted by Audubon in early 1833. He wrote in Ornithological Biography: "The two represented in the plate were drawn at Boston at the approach of spring when the old birds had already assumed the pure white of the head."
1834
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 1834
Zoological illustration
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
25.6 (H) , 38.2 (W) , 11.2 (Image H) , 18.5 (Image W)
65.1 (H) , 97.1 (W) , 11.2 (Image H) , 18.5 (Image W)
H at right. W at bottom. Plate H: 12.3 in. (31.2 cm). Plate W: 19.4 in. (49.4 cm).
Audubon, John James
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
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Bottom right: "J WHATMAN/ TURKEY MILL/ 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).
Text available soon.
[Book] Low, Susanne M. 2002 A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America.
• Plate listed on p. 131.