Print (Aquatint)

  • Title:

    Black Guillemot,/ URIA GRYLLE. Lath./ 1. Adult summer plumage, 2, D.\o Winter plumage. 3, Young.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    Robert Havell Jr. (Engraver, printer and colorist)

    John James Audubon (Designer, draftsman, and publisher)

    John Woodhouse Audubon (Draftsman)

  • Place of Origin:

    London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Secondary Place of Origin:

    Maine, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1834

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1959.0162.115


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1959.0162.115

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

Black Guillemot,/ URIA GRYLLE. Lath./ 1. Adult summer plumage, 2, D.\o Winter plumage. 3, Young.

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).

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.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

Plate engraved, printed and colored by Havell in London.

Secondary Place of Origin

Maine, New England, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

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.

Date

1834

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 iamge; Engraved, Printed, & Coloured, by R. Havell, 1834.

Subjects

Zoological illustration

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

25.6 (H) , 38.2 (W) , 15.8 (Image H) , 18.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

65.1 (H) , 97.1 (W) , 15.8 (Image H) , 18.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at bottom. Plate H: 17.6 in. (44.6 cm). Plate W: 20.4 in. (51.9 cm).

Publisher Summary

Audubon, John James

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

Bottom left: "J WHATMAN/ TURKEY MILL/ 1834"

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).

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. 129.