Object Number 1959.0162.027

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

Summer Red Bird,/ TANAGRA ÆSTIVA. Gmel,/ Male, 1. Female, 2./ Wild Muscadine. Vitis rotundifolia.

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

West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, South, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Painted by Audubon while at Oakley, the Pirrie plantation near St. Francisville, where he was employed as a tutor during the summer of 1821. He wrote on the painting: "Bayou Sara, August 27, 1821." (Some scholars think only the female was painted at that date).

Date

1831-1839

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom left beneath image; Drawn from Nature & Published by John J. Audubon. F,R,S. F,L,S.
2. Inscription; Bottom right beneath image; Engraved, Printed, & Coloured, by R.Havell.

Subjects

Zoological illustration

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

38.2 (H) , 25.7 (W) , 18.8 (Image H) , 11.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

97.1 (H) , 65.2 (W) , 18.8 (Image H) , 11.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at bottom. Plate H: 19.5 in. (49.5 cm). Plate W: 12.2 in. (31.0 cm).

Publisher Summary

Audubon, John James

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Watermark

Top right (sideways): "J WHATMAN/ 1832"

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). Plate legend varies; first state plate legend is N.\o 9. Plate 44./ [lower right] Summer Red Bird Male old 1. Young 2. F. 3./ TANAGRA ÆSTIVA./ Plant Vulgo, Wild Muscadine./ Vitis rotundifolia.

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. 54.