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Wild Turkey,/ MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO. Linn Female and Young.
William Home Lizars, Robert Havell Jr., John James Audubon
1827-1838
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
1959.0162.004
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer
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Object Number
1959.0162.004
Object Name
Print (Aquatint)
Title
Wild Turkey,/ MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO. Linn Female and Young.
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
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/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.
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)
25.7 (H) x 38.3 (W) x 25.3 (Image H) x 37.4 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
65.2 (H) x 97.2 (W) x 64.3 (Image H) x 95 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Unable to determine platemark.
Publisher Summary
J. Audubon
Place of Publication
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
J. Audubon
Edition 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