Object Number 1983.0514

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

RED TAILED HAWK. / AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Thomas Doughty (Designer and lithographer)
1793-1856

Childs & Inman (Publisher)
12//1830-1834
References: Peters, America on Stone, p. 136. Listed in Philadelphia City Directories: 1831 lithographers, southeast corner of Walnut and 4th Streets 1833 lithographers, corner of Walnut and 5th Streets

Place of Origin

United States, North America

Date

1820-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; From Childs & Inmans Press.
2. Inscription; Lower left; From Nature & on Stone by T. Doughty

Subjects

Zoological illustration; Landscape; Book illustration

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

9 (H) , 11.1 (W) , 7 (Image H) , 8.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22.8 (H) , 28.3 (W) , 7 (Image H) , 8.4 (Image W)

Publisher Summary

Childs & Inman

Watermark

None

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

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