Robert Havell, Jr.
Mississippi Kite

EngraverAmerican, 1793–1878
ArtistAmerican, born Santo Domingo, 1785–1851
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Mississippi Kite
Date1838
PlaceLondon, England
MediumEtching and aquatint with engraving and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 26 1/4 × 21 1/4in. (66.7 × 54cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.79.188
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionArtist, naturalist, and ornithologist John James Audubon was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in present-day Haiti. At the age of eighteen, he immigrated to the United States. His most important work, The Birds of America, included 435 engraved plates based on his watercolors that were issued between 1827 and 1838. The plates were printed on the largest sheets of paper then available in order to preserve the life-sized images.
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg, 1975; given to MFAH, 1979.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed upper left: No.[o superscript with period [.] underneath] 24
Inscribed upper right: PLATE CXVII
Inscribed below image, center: Mississippi Kite, / FALCO PLUMBEUS. Gmel. / Male, 1. Female, 2.
Inscribed below image, left: Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon F,R,S. F,L,S.
Inscribed below image, right: Engraved, Printed, & Coloured by R. Havell
Partial watermark of J WHATMAN in upper right corner

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