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Wild Turkey./ MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO. Linn, Male. American Cane. Miegi macosperma.
William Home Lizars, Robert Havell Jr., John James Audubon
1827-1839
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
William Home Lizars (Etcher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1959.0162.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer
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Object Number
1959.0162.001
Object Name
Print (Aquatint)
Title
Wild Turkey./ MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO. Linn, Male. American Cane. Miegi macosperma.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
William Home Lizars (Etcher); Robert Havell Jr. (Aquatinter, printer and colorist); John James Audubon (Designer, draftsman, and publisher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Origin Notes
Plate retouched, printed and colored by Havell in London.
Secondary Place of Origin
Louisiana; West Feliciana Parish; South; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
Scholars believe Audubon painted this bird in 1825 at Beechwoods, Mrs. Robert Percy's plantation near St. Francisville, where he and his wife, Lucy, stayed and taught school and painting from November 1824 to spring of 1826.
Date
1827-1839
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom left beneath image
Inscription: Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon F.R.S. F.L.S.
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom right beneath image
Inscription: Engraved by W.H. Lizars Edin.\r
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom right beneath image
Inscription: Retouched by R. Havell Jun.\r
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Zoological illustration
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Aquatint
- Etched
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
38.2 (H) x 25.6 (W) x 37.3 (Image H) x 24.8 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
97 (H) x 65 (W) x 94.7 (Image H) x 62.9 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate measurements not available; plate marks not visible.
Publisher Summary
J. Audubon
Place of Publication
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
J. Audubon
Edition State
III
Edition Watermark
"J WHATMAN/ 1832"
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, 1827-30). Three variant legends exist for this plate. The two other legends are: 1.) [without aquatint] PLATE I. (centered top)/ Great American Cock Male - VULGO (WILD TURKEY-) Meleagris Gallopavo/ Engraved by W.H. Lizars Edin\r.; 2.) [with aquatint] N.\o 1. PLATE I/ Great American Cock Male - VULGO (WILD TURKEY-) Meleagris Gallopavo/ Engraved by W.H. Lizars Edin\r./ Reto