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Print (Aquatint)
Bay-winged Bunting, Male./ FRINGILLA GRAMINEA,/ Plant Cactus opuntia,/ Vulgo Prickly pear.
Robert Havell Jr., John James Audubon
1830
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Robert Havell Jr. (Engraver, printer and colorist)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1959.0162.051
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer
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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
Creator (Role)
Robert Havell Jr. (Engraver, printer and colorist); John James Audubon (Designer, draftsman, and publisher)
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; New Jersey; Cape May; 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/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left
Inscription: Drawn from Nature and Published by John J. Audubon.F.R.S's. F.L.S. &c.
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right
Inscription: Engraved, Printed & Coloured, by R.Havell Jun.\r London. 1830.
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 18.8 (Image H) x 11.5 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
97.1 (H) x 65 (W) x 47.7 (Image H) x 29.3 (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
J. Audubon
Place of Publication
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
J. Audubon
Edition State
I
Edition 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.