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Blue Grosbeak, FRINGILLA CORULEA. Bonap Male,1. Female,2. Young,3. Dog-wood Cornus florida.
Robert Havell Jr., John James Audubon
1831-1839
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
1959.0162.065
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer
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Object Number
1959.0162.065
Object Name
Print (Aquatint)
Title
Blue Grosbeak, FRINGILLA CORULEA. Bonap Male,1. Female,2. Young,3. Dog-wood Cornus florida.
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
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
Audubon painted the adult birds in 1821, then cut them out and added them to the painting with the young male in 1829.
Date
1831-1839
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, London.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Zoological illustration
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Aquatint
- Etched
- Engraved
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
38.1 (H) x 25.6 (W) x 24.7 (Image H) x 19.5 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
96.9 (H) x 65 (W) x 62.8 (Image H) x 49.5 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at right. W at top. Plate H: 25.8 in. (65.5 cm). Plate W: 20.7 in. (52.6 cm).
Publisher Summary
J. Audubon
Place of Publication
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
J. Audubon
Edition State
I
Edition Watermark
Top right (sideways): "J WHATMAN/ 1831"
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). Numbers for female and immature male birds are reversed (not noted in Low). Plate legend varies; plate legend for second state corrects spelling of species' name to "FRINGILLA COERULEA" ("OE" conjoined).