Black Guillemot,/ URIA GRYLLE. Lath./ 1. Adult summer plumage, 2, D.\o Winter plumage. 3, Young.
Prints and Maps
Robert Havell Jr. (Engraver, printer and colorist)
John James Audubon (Designer, draftsman, and publisher)
John Woodhouse Audubon (Draftsman)
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Maine, New England, United States, North America
1834
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
1959.0162.115
Object Number1959.0162.115 |
Print (Aquatint)
Black Guillemot,/ URIA GRYLLE. Lath./ 1. Adult summer plumage, 2, D.\o Winter plumage. 3, Young.
Prints and Maps
Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer
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).
John Woodhouse Audubon (Draftsman)
11/30/1812-02/21/1862
During the years 1839-1843 John Woodhouse was chiefly responsible for the production of the second version of The Birds of America, overseeing the reduction of 500 plates to their smaller size and working with the lithographer. Within a few years he also painted, in oil, half of the subjects used as illustrations in The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (1845-1848) and supervised the printing of all of the plates. In 1856 he published a second reduced-size edition of The Birds of America and in 1860 began to produce a second, folio size edition of it, this time by lithography rather than engraving. Because many of the subscribers to the latter were Southern, the venture was ruined by the Civil War. (from http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pbio?850).
References: Gary Reynolds, John James Audubon and His Sons. Exh. cat. Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, 1982.
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Plate engraved, printed and colored by Havell in London.
Maine, New England, United States, North America
Probably painted by Audubon before his trip to Labrador, June 4-August 31, 1833. Audubon writes in a letter to his wife from Eastport, Maine, June 4, 1833, that their son had finished drawing a Black Guillemot, which (according to Low) was probably the chick.
1834
1. Inscription ; Bottom left beneath image; Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon F,R,S .F,L,S.
2. Inscription; Bottom right beneath iamge; Engraved, Printed, & Coloured, by R. Havell, 1834.
Zoological illustration
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
25.6 (H) , 38.2 (W) , 15.8 (Image H) , 18.4 (Image W)
65.1 (H) , 97.1 (W) , 15.8 (Image H) , 18.4 (Image W)
H at right. W at bottom. Plate H: 17.6 in. (44.6 cm). Plate W: 20.4 in. (51.9 cm).
Audubon, John James
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
I
Bottom left: "J WHATMAN/ TURKEY MILL/ 1834"
Hand colored with watercolors
From the first edition double-elephant folio of John James Audubon, The Birds of America (London: J. J. Audubon, 1827-39).
Text available soon.
[Book] Low, Susanne M. 2002 A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America.
• Plate listed on p. 129.