Robert Havell, Jr.
Louisiana Heron

Louisiana Heron

Public Domain

Louisiana Heron
EngraverAmerican, 1793–1878
ArtistAmerican, born Santo Domingo, 1785–1851
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Louisiana Heron
Date1834
PlaceLondon, England
MediumAquatint, etching, engraving, and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPlate: 21 1/2 × 26 in. (54.6 × 66 cm)
 Sheet: 24 3/4 × 32 1/4 in. (62.9 × 81.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.71.2
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Provenance[The Old Print Shop, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1951; given to MFAH, 1971.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed upper left: No.[o superscript with period[.] underneath]44
Inscribed upper right: PLATE, CCXVII
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, 1834
Inscribed below image, center: Louisiana Heron, ARDEA LUDOVICIANA, Wils Male Adult
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