Harvard Art Museums > M10304: Blue-bird Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Blue-bird (Robert Havell Jr.)(After John James Audubon) , M10304,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/255854. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M10304 People Robert Havell Jr., British (Reading, England 1793 - 1878 Tarrytown, New York) After John James Audubon, American (Les Cayes, Haiti 1785 - 1851 New York, NY) Title Blue-bird Other Titles Series/Book Title: The Birds of America: Elephant Folio, plate 113 Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1831 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/255854 Physical Descriptions Medium Hand-colored engraving, etching and aquatint on off-white wove paper Technique Aquatint Dimensions plate: 49.5 × 31.1 cm (19 1/2 × 12 1/4 in.) sheet: 100.6 × 67.6 cm (39 5/8 × 26 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in plate, lower left: Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon F.R.S. F.L.S. watermark: right side: J. Whatman 1831 inscription: in plate, lower center: Blue-bird / Sylvia. Sialis. / Male, 1. Female, 2. Young 3. / Great Mullein Verbascum Thapsus inscription: in plate, lower right: Engraved, printed & Coloured by R. Havell, London, 1831 inscription: upper left, in plate: No. 23 inscription: in plate, upper right: PLATE CXIII Provenance Recorded Ownership History Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number M10304 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Related Works M26376 Robert Havell Jr. Arctic Yager Prints M10305 Engraved by Robert Havell Jr. The Great American Sea-Eagle Prints M10309 Engraved by Robert Havell Jr. Gold-winged Woodpecker Prints M10303 Robert Havell Jr. Ferruginous Thrush Prints M10311 Robert Havell Jr. White-Headed Eagle Prints M21305 Robert Havell Jr. Olive-sided Flycatcher Prints M10297 Robert Havell Jr. Roseate Spoonbill Prints M10308 Engraved by William Home Lizars Great American Hen and Young Prints M10310 William Home Lizars Great American Cock Prints M10306 Robert Havell Jr. Rough-legged Falcon Prints M10307 Robert Havell Jr. Goshawk and Stanley Hawk Prints M10298 Robert Havell Jr. Brazilian Caracara Eagle Prints Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
