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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10308
People
Engraved by William Home Lizars, British (Edinbugh, Scotland 1788 - 1859 Jedburgh, Scotland)
Colored by Robert Havell I, British (1769 - 1832 London)
After John James Audubon, American (Les Cayes, Haiti 1785 - 1851 New York, NY)
Title
Great American Hen and Young
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Wild Turkey
Series/Book Title: The Birds of America, plate 6
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1827
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/259142

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored engraving and etching
Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 66.7 × 100.6 cm (26 1/4 × 39 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: Drawn from Nature by John J. Audubon F.R.S.E. M.W.S.
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: Great American Hen and Young. / Vulgo. Female Wild Turkey. Meleagris gallopavo.
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: Coloured by R. Havell Senr. Engraved by W. H. Lizars, Edinr.
  • inscription: in plate, upper center: PLATE VI No. II

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
M10308
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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