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Print (Aquatint)

  • Title:

    Kittiwake Gull,/ LARUS TRIDACTYLUS. L./ 1, Adult. 2, Young.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    Robert Havell Jr. (Engraver, printer and colorist)

    John James Audubon (Designer, draftsman, and publisher)

  • Place of Origin:

    London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Secondary Place of Origin:

    Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1834

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1959.0162.119


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Object Number

1959.0162.119

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

Kittiwake Gull,/ LARUS TRIDACTYLUS. L./ 1, Adult. 2, Young.

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

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

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."

Date

1834

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 1834

Subjects

Zoological illustration

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

25.6 (H) , 38.2 (W) , 11.2 (Image H) , 18.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

65.1 (H) , 97.1 (W) , 11.2 (Image H) , 18.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at bottom. Plate H: 12.3 in. (31.2 cm). Plate W: 19.4 in. (49.4 cm).

Publisher Summary

Audubon, John James

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

Bottom right: "J WHATMAN/ TURKEY MILL/ 1834"

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. 131.