Object Number 1959.0162.051

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

Bay-winged Bunting, Male./ FRINGILLA GRAMINEA,/ Plant Cactus opuntia,/ Vulgo Prickly pear.

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, 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 engraved, printed and colored by Havell in London.

Secondary Place of Origin

Great Egg Harbor, Cape May, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Audubon wrote on the painting: "Great Egg Harbor, June 26.", where painted during the summer of 1829.

Date

1830

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription ; Lower left; Drawn from Nature and Published by John J. Audubon.F.R.S's. F.L.S. &c.
2. Inscription; Lower right; Engraved, Printed & Coloured, by R.Havell Jun.\r London. 1830.

Subjects

Zoological illustration

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

38.2 (H) , 25.6 (W) , 18.8 (Image H) , 11.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

97.1 (H) , 65 (W) , 18.8 (Image H) , 11.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at bottom. Plate H: 19.6 in. (49.7 cm). Plate W: 12.2 in. (31.1 cm).

Publisher Summary

Audubon, John James

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

Top left (sideways): "J WHATMAN/ 1830"

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). Plate number and legend varies; variant plate number and legend are Plate, XCIV. and Grass Finch, or Bay-winged Bunting,/ FRINGILLA GRAMINEA, Gmel,/ Male./ Prickly Pear or Indian Fig. Cactus Opuntia.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Low, Susanne M. 2002 A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America.
• Listed on pp. 82-83.