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Print (Aquatint)
Kittiwake Gull,/ LARUS TRIDACTYLUS. L./ 1, Adult. 2, Young.
Robert Havell Jr., John James Audubon
1834
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
1959.0162.119
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer
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Object Number
1959.0162.119
Object Name
Print (Aquatint)
Title
Kittiwake Gull,/ LARUS TRIDACTYLUS. L./ 1, Adult. 2, Young.
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
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
Painted by Audubon in early 1833. He wrote in Ornithological Biography: "The two represented in the plate were drawn at Boston at the approach of spring when the old birds had already assumed the pure white of the head."
Date
1834
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 1834
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Zoological illustration
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Aquatint
- Etched
- Engraved
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
25.6 (H) x 38.2 (W) x 11.2 (Image H) x 18.5 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
65.1 (H) x 97.1 (W) x 28.4 (Image H) x 47 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at right. W at bottom. Plate H: 12.3 in. (31.2 cm). Plate W: 19.4 in. (49.4 cm).
Publisher Summary
J. Audubon
Place of Publication
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
J. Audubon
Edition State
I
Edition Watermark
Bottom right: "J WHATMAN/ TURKEY MILL/ 1834"
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).