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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M21305
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
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Birds of America, Elephant Portfolio, plate 174 (1840-1844)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1833
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/256328

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored engraving, etching and aquatint
Technique
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
plate: 49.5 × 31.1 cm (19 1/2 × 12 1/4 in.)
sheet: 99.7 × 67.3 cm (39 1/4 × 26 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon F.R.S. F.L.S.
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: Olive sided Flycatcher. / Muscicape inornata. / Male 1. Female 2. / Pinus balsamea Fir Balsam
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, London, 1833
  • inscription: in plate, upper left: No. 35
  • inscription: in plate, upper right: PLATE CLXXIV

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Susan Norton, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 1990

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Susan Norton
Accession Year
1990
Object Number
M21305
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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