Object Number 1959.0162.003

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

Purple Finch/ FRINGILLA PURPUREA, Gmel,/ Male, 1.2. Female, 3./ Red Larch - Latrix americana.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer

Creator (Role)

William Home Lizars (Etcher)
1788-03/30/1859

Robert Havell Jr. (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 retouched, printed and colored by Havell in London.

Secondary Place of Origin

Midwest, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Possibly painted by Audubon near the Great Lakes in 1824.

Date

1827-1839

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, Jun.\r.

Subjects

Zoological illustration

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

38.2 (H) , 25.6 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

97 (H) , 65 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements by sight, in frame. H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 20.3 in. (51.5 cm). Plate W: 12.3 in. (31.2 cm). No image measurements in conservation files.

Publisher Summary

Audubon, John James

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

III

Watermark

Right: "J WHATMAN/ 1832"

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Edition Notes

From Volume I of the first edition double-elephant folio of John James Audubon, The Birds of America (London: J. J. Audubon, 1827-39). Three variant legends exist for this plate. The two other legends are [both without aquatint]: 1.) PLATE IV. (centered top)/ Purple Finch./ FRINGILLA PURPUREA./ Plant Pinus pendula/ Engraved by W.H. Lizars Edin.\r; 2.) PLATE IV (centered top) Purple Finch./ FRINGILLA PURPUREA./ Plant Pinus pendula/ Vulgo Black Larch./ Engraved by W.H. Lizars Edin.\r.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 345, pp. 484-5.
[Book] Low, Susanne M. 2002 A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America.
• Plate listed on p. 30.