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Print (Aquatint)
Snow Goose,/ ANSER HYPERBOREUS, Pallas./ Adult Male 1__ Young Female first Winter _2.
Robert Havell Jr., John James Audubon
1837
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)
- Board
Museum Object Number
1959.0162.216
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer
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Object Number
1959.0162.216
Object Name
Print (Aquatint)
Title
Snow Goose,/ ANSER HYPERBOREUS, Pallas./ Adult Male 1__ Young Female first Winter _2.
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
Probably painted by Audubon in Boston, autumn of 1832. He wrote in Ornithological Biography of buying a live Snow Goose at that time for seventy-five cents, which he then kept in his yard.
Date
1837
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 and Coloured, by R. Havell , 1837.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Zoological illustration
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
- Board
Techniques
- Aquatint
- Etched
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
25.4 (H) x 38.4 (W) x 24.4 (Image H) x 37.3 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
64.6 (H) x 97.5 (W) x 62.1 (Image H) x 94.75 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at right. W at bottom. 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
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). Bands in rocks at lower right ((that follow the water level) filled with burinwork crosshatching in place of aquatint.