Print (Aquatint)

  • Title:

    White Heron,/ ARDEA ALBA, Linn./ Male, Spring Plumage.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    Robert Havell Jr. (Engraver, printer and colorist)

    John James Audubon (Designer and draftsman)

  • Place of Origin:

    London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Secondary Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1837

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1959.0162.219


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1959.0162.219

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

White Heron,/ ARDEA ALBA, Linn./ Male, Spring Plumage.

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).

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

Plate engraved, printed and colored by Havell in London.

Secondary Place of Origin

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

Secondary Origin Notes

Possibly painted by Audubon in Charleston in 1832.

Date

1837

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 and Coloured by R. Havell, 1837.

Subjects

Zoological illustration

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

25.7 (H) , 38.1 (W) , 23.8 (Image H) , 35.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

65.3 (H) , 96.7 (W) , 23.8 (Image H) , 35.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Platemark not visible.

Publisher Summary

Audubon, John James

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europegdom

State

I

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). Bands in rocks at lower right ((that follow the water level) filled with burinwork crosshatching in place of aquatint.

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. 195.