Object Number 1959.0162.004

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

Wild Turkey,/ MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO. Linn Female and Young.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer

Creator (Role)

William Home Lizars (Etcher)
1788-03/30/1859

Robert Havell Jr. (Aquatinter, 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 retouched, printed and colored by Havell in London.

Secondary Place of Origin

United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Audubon began painting this bird while traveling down the Mississippi River in 1820, and worked on it from time to time later.

Date

1827-1838

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 by W.H. Lizars.
3. Inscription; Bottom right beneath image; Retouched by R. Havell, Jun.\r

Subjects

Zoological illustration

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

25.7 (H) , 38.3 (W) , 25.3 (Image H) , 37.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

65.2 (H) , 97.2 (W) , 25.3 (Image H) , 37.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Unable to determine platemark.

Publisher Summary

Audubon, John James

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

IV

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Edition Notes

From Volume I of the first edition double-elephant folio of John James Audubon, The Birds of America (London: J. J. Audubon, 1827-39). Four variant legends exist for this plate. The three other legends are: 1.) [without aquatint; no snail in lower right corner] PLATE IV. N.\o II (centered top)/ GREAT AMERICAN HEN & YOUNG/ VULGO, FEMALE WILD TURKEY. --- MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO./ Engraved by W.H. Lizars Edin.\r; 2.) [with aquatint; snail in lower right corner] N.\o II PLATE IV. (often bound in and ille

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 pp. 31-32.