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Print (Aquatint)
Purple Finch/ FRINGILLA PURPUREA, Gmel,/ Male, 1.2. Female, 3./ Red Larch - Latrix americana.
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
1959.0162.003
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer
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Object Number
1959.0162.003
Object Name
Print (Aquatint)
Title
Purple Finch/ FRINGILLA PURPUREA, Gmel,/ Male, 1.2. Female, 3./ Red Larch - Latrix americana.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
William Home Lizars (Etcher); Robert Havell Jr. (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
Midwest; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
Possibly painted by Audubon near the Great Lakes in 1824.
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, Printed & Coloured, by R. Havell, Jun.\r.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Zoological illustration
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Aquatint
- Etched
- Engraved
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
38.2 (H) x 25.6 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
97 (H) x 65 (W)
Measurement Notes
Measurements by sight, in frame. H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 20.3 in. (51.5 cm). Plate W: 12.3 in. (31.2 cm). No image measurements in conservation files.
Publisher Summary
J. Audubon
Place of Publication
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
J. Audubon
Edition State
III
Edition Watermark
Right: "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, 1827-39). Three variant legends exist for this plate. The two other legends are [both without aquatint]: 1.) PLATE IV. (centered top)/ Purple Finch./ FRINGILLA PURPUREA./ Plant Pinus pendula/ Engraved by W.H. Lizars Edin.\r; 2.) PLATE IV (centered top) Purple Finch./ FRINGILLA PURPUREA./ Plant Pinus pendula/ Vulgo Black Larch./ Engraved by W.H. Lizars Edin.\r.