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Print (Aquatint)
Frigate Pelican./ TACHYPETES AQUILUS. Viel./ Male Adult.
Robert Havell Jr., John James Audubon
1835
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
1959.0162.147
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer
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Object Number
1959.0162.147
Object Name
Print (Aquatint)
Title
Frigate Pelican./ TACHYPETES AQUILUS. Viel./ Male Adult.
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
Florida; Monroe; South; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
Presumably painted by Audubon while in the Florida Keys, spring of 1832, as he wrote in Ornithological Biography about observing this species at that time.
Date
1835
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 1835.
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 25.67 (W) x 36.4 (Image H) x 23.9 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
96.7 (H) x 65.21 (W) x 92.5 (Image H) x 60.71 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at right. W at top. Plate measurements not available; plate marks not visible.
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/ 1835"
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 differs from plate by placing foot at top versus lower right corner.