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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26376
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
Arctic Yager
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Birds of America, plate 267
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1835
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/30726

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored engraving, etching and aquatint
Technique
Engraving and aquatint
Dimensions
plate: 76.5 x 54.7 cm (30 1/8 x 21 9/16 in.)
sheet: 97.2 × 65.4 cm (38 1/4 × 25 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: J WHATMAN / 1838
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon, F.R.S, F.L.S.
  • inscription: upper corners, black ink, engraving: number and plate number: No. 54 PLATE CCLVII
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: Arctic Yager / Lestris Parasitica
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: Engraved Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, 1835.
  • inscription: in plate, upper left: PLATE CCLXVII

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Loren Lipson, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2005

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
1st

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Loren Lipson
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26376
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • GenEd US12 American Encounters: Art, Contact, and Conflict, 1560-1860 (S427) Spring 2012, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 05/12/2012
  • 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/25/2018 - 12/19/2018

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