Details
| Artist | Robert Havell, Jr., American, 1793-1878 |
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| Publisher | John James Audubon, American, 1785-1851 |
| Printer | Robert Havell, Sr., English, 1769-1832 |
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| Date | 1827 |
| Medium | engraving, etching, and aquatint printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper |
| Dimensions | Image: 35 1/2 × 21 1/2 inches (90.2 × 54.6 cm) Sheet (trimmed inside platemark): 37 5/8 × 24 3/4 inches (95.6 × 62.9 cm) Framed: 45 3/4 × 33 × 1 1/2 inches (116.2 × 83.8 × 3.8 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb |
| Accession Number | 46.126 |
| Department | Prints, Drawings & Photographs |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Watermark: J WHATMAN 1830 |
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| Inscriptions | Inscribed, in plate diagonally, lower left of image: The Bird of Washington, | OR | GREAT AMERICAN SEA EAGLE. | Falco Washingtoniensis.........Male. Inscribed, lower left: Drawn from Nature by John J. Audubon, F.R.S.E. M.W.S. Inscribed, lower right center: Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, Senr. Inscribed, lower right: Engraved by R. Havell Junr. Inscribed, upper left: PLATE 111 Inscribed, upper right: No 3. |
Provenance
1946-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
"Family Art Game." Detroit News, DIA Adverstising Supplement (April 29, 1984): p. 31 (ill.).
