Object Number 1959.0162.093

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

Ground Dove, COLUMBA PASSERINA

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 and draftsman)
04/26/1785-01/27/1851
Works include Birds of America (1827-38) and Vivaparus Quadrupeds of North America (1845-51).

Adam Black (Publisher)
Published the first series of Audubon's Birds of America, 5 vols. 1839.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

The plates were engraved, printed, and colored in London and published in the double-elephant first edition in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Secondary Place of Origin

Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, South, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Audubon's drawing was completed in Charleston, South Carolina.

Date

1833

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription ; Lower right; Engraved, Printed, & Coloured by R. Havell, London, 1833.
2. Inscription; Lower left; Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon F.R.S. F.L.S.

Subjects

Zoological illustration

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

38.1 (H) , 25.6 (W) , 24.6 (Image H) , 19.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

96.9 (H) , 65 (W) , 24.6 (Image H) , 19.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 25.9 in. (65.8 cm). Plate W: 20.7 in. (52.7 cm).

Publisher Summary

Black, Adam

Place of Publication

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

State

I

Watermark

"WHATMAN/ 1834"

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Edition Notes

Double-elephant folio edition. From John James Audubon's "Ornithological biography, or An account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America; accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled The birds of America, and interspersed with delineations of American scenery and manners." 5 vols. (Edinburgh, Scotland: Adam Black), 1831-1839.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Low, Susanne M. 2002 A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America.
• See p.115.