Object Number 1959.0162.080

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

American Swift,/ CYPSELUS PELASGIUS. Temm./ Male, 1. Female,2./ Nests.

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

United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Probably painted by Audubon between 1824 and 1829.

Date

1833

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, London, 1833.

Subjects

Zoological illustration

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

38.1 (H) , 25.6 (W) , 18.4 (Image H) , 11.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

96.8 (H) , 65 (W) , 18.4 (Image H) , 11.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at bottom. Plate H: 19.4 in. (49.2 cm). Plate W: 12.1 in. (30.7 cm).

Publisher Summary

Audubon, John James

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

none

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 from that in Low which records species name as "CYPSELUS PELAGIUS".

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. 106.