Spotted Grous [sic],/ TETRAO CANADENSIS./ Males, 1. Females, 2./ 3 Trillium pictum, 4 Streptopus distortus.
Prints and Maps
Robert Havell Jr. (Engraver, printer and colorist)
John James Audubon (Designer, draftsman, and publisher)
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Dennisville, Maine, New England, United States, North America
1833
Ink; Watercolor; Paper
Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
1959.0162.089
Object Number1959.0162.089 |
Print (Aquatint)
Spotted Grous [sic],/ TETRAO CANADENSIS./ Males, 1. Females, 2./ 3 Trillium pictum, 4 Streptopus distortus.
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.
Dennisville, Maine, New England, United States, North America
Painted by Audubon in August 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, London, 1833
Zoological illustration
Ink; Watercolor; Paper
Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
24.376 (H) , 36.9375 (W)
61.91 (H) , 93.821 (W)
Measurements by sight, in frame. H at left. W at bottom. Plate marks not visible.
Audubon, John James
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
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). Two variant legends exist for this plate. The other reads: "Spotted or Canada Grouse,/ TETRAO CANADENSIS./ Males, 1. Females, 2./ 3 Trillium pictum, 4 Streptopus distortus."
Text available soon.
[Book] Low, Susanne M. 2002 A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America.
• Plate listed on p. 113.